Prognostic significance of cervical radiologic carotid artery invasion by lymph node on magnetic resonance imaging in nasopharyngeal carcinoma.
Wen-Ze QiuXi ZhongJiali JiangLaiji HuangJiansheng LiRonghui ZhengZhuochen CaiYawei YuanPublished in: Cancer imaging : the official publication of the International Cancer Imaging Society (2023)
Cervical rCAI was an independent unfavorable indicator of NPC. Compared to the AJCC system, the proposed N category showed satisfactory stratification between N1 and N2 disease, and better prediction of distant metastasis and disease failure.