Detection of cervical lymph node metastasis in head and neck cancer patients with clinically N0 neck-a meta-analysis comparing different imaging modalities

BMC Cancer

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Liao, Li Jen ^a,b   Lo, Wu Chia ^b   Hsu, Wan Lun ^c   Wang, Chi Te ^a,b   Lai, Mei Shu ^a,d  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b FAR EASTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c GENOMICS RESEARCH CENTER   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; HEAD AND NECK SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; META ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROBABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRUE POSITIVE VALUE;

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84861985425     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2407-12-236     Document Type: Article

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