Radiologic criteria of retropharyngeal lymph node metastasis in nasopharyngeal carcinoma treated with radiation therapy

Radiology

Volumn 255, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 605-612

  Zhang, Guo Yi ^a   Liu, Li Zhi ^b   Wei, Wei Hong ^a   Deng, Yan Ming ^a   Li, Yi Zhuo ^b   Liu, Xue Wen ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY CANCER CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; NECROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPHARYNGEAL LYMPH NODE METASTASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER CURVE; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PHARYNX; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77951484436     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.10090289     Document Type: Article

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