Prognostic value of quantitative cervical nodal necrosis burden on MRI in nasopharyngeal carcinoma and its role as a stratification marker for induction chemotherapy.

Jiao LiQin ZhaoYun ZhangHaojiang LiGuangying RuanLizhi LiuYue YanChunyan Cui

Published in: European radiology (2022)

• Quantitatively assessed the prognostic value of CNN burden in patients with NPC. • Upgrading patients with multiple CNNs to stage N3 may improve prognostication. • Multiple CNNs may be used as a stratification marker for induction chemotherapy.

Keyphrases

locally advanced
neoadjuvant chemotherapy
magnetic resonance imaging
risk factors
lymph node
high resolution
squamous cell carcinoma
convolutional neural network
rectal cancer
chemotherapy induced
computed tomography
magnetic resonance
radiation therapy
deep learning