Imaging of cervical lymph nodes in head and neck cancer: The basics

Radiologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 101-110

  Gor, Devang M ^a   Langer, Jill E ^a   Loevner, Laurie A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; METASTASIS; PALPATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPINE METASTASIS; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NECK; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; PALPATION; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROGNOSIS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 27744509195     PISSN: 00338389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rcl.2005.08.006     Document Type: Review

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