Open Access<p>The Pattern of Cervical Lymph Node Metastasis and Risk Factors of Retropharyngeal Lymph Node Metastasis Based on Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Different Sites of Hypopharyngeal Carcinoma</p>
Author(s) -
Huili Wang,
Runye Wu,
Xiaodong Huang,
Yuan Qu,
Kai Wang,
Qingfeng Li,
Xuesong Chen,
Ye Zhang,
Shiping Zhang,
Jianping Xiao,
Junlin Yi,
Gelin Xu,
Li Gao,
Jingwei Luo
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
cancer management and research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.024
H-Index - 40
ISSN - 1179-1322
DOI - 10.2147/cmar.s245988
Subject(s) - medicine , magnetic resonance imaging , metastasis , lymph node , cervical lymph nodes , univariate analysis , primary tumor , radiology , cohort , oncology , nuclear medicine , multivariate analysis , cancer
This study was to determine the patterns of regional lymph node (LN) spread and the risk factors of retropharyngeal lymph node (RPLN) metastasis based on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in hypopharyngeal squamous carcinoma (HPC) to improve clinical target volume (CTV) delineation.