Neck node metastases from nasopharyngeal carcinoma: MR imaging of patterns of disease

Head and Neck

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 275-281

  King, Ann D ^a   Ahuja, Anil T ^a   Leung, Sing Fai ^a   Lam, Wynnie W M ^a   Teo, Peter ^a   Chan, Yu Leung ^a   Metreweli, Constantine ^a  

^a and Hong Kong Branch of CAS Center for Excellence in Animal Evolution and Genetics   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

MR imaging; Nasopharyngeal carcinoma; Nodal metastases

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; NECK; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0033994159     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0347(200005)22:3<275::AID-HED10>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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