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Solid Lymph Nodes as an Imaging Biomarker for Risk Stratification in Human Papillomavirus-Related Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma.

Tanya J RathS NarayananM A HughesMatthew J FerrisSimion I ChioseaBarton F Branstetter
Published in: AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology (2017)
In human papilloma virus-related oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma, patients with solid lymph node metastases are at higher risk for treatment failure with worse disease-free survival. Solid lymph nodes may serve as an imaging biomarker to tailor individual treatment regimens.
Keyphrases
  • lymph node
  • squamous cell carcinoma
  • free survival
  • high resolution
  • sentinel lymph node
  • neoadjuvant chemotherapy
  • endothelial cells
  • combination therapy
  • radiation therapy
  • fluorescence imaging
  • smoking cessation