Predictive value of computed tomography in identifying extracapsular spread of cervical lymph node metastases in p16 positive oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma.

Anthony NoorJack MintzSandy PatelNicholas BajicSam BoaseNeeraj SethiAndrew ForemanSuren KrishnanJohn-Charles Hodge

Published in: Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology (2019)

Computed tomography displays consistently high specificity, which may be used to rule out the presence of extracapsular spread in cervical nodal metastases of P16 + oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma.

Keyphrases

squamous cell carcinoma
computed tomography
lymph node
positron emission tomography
neoadjuvant chemotherapy
locally advanced
magnetic resonance imaging
lymph node metastasis
sentinel lymph node
contrast enhanced
dual energy
early stage
rectal cancer