Distant metastases in head and neck carcinoma: Identification of prognostic groups with MR imaging

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 58-66

  Ljumanovic, Redina ^a   Langendijk, Johannes A ^b   Hoekstra, Otto S ^a   Rene Leemans C ^a   Castelijns, Jonas A ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Distant metastases; Head and neck; Lymph nodes; MR imaging; Squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

DISTANT METASTASES; LYMPH NODES; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PATIENT TREATMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CARCINOGENS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HEAD CANCER; HUMAN; LARYNX; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH CAVITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NECK CANCER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OROPHARYNX; PHARYNX; POPULATION RISK; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL RATE; TRACHEA; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 33748806308     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2006.05.019     Document Type: Article

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