Radiologic assessment of retropharyngeal node involvement in oropharyngeal carcinomas stratified by HPV status. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • Radiation of retropharyngeal nodes (RPN) results in increased toxicities. This study assessed characteristics associated with RPN involvement in 165 oropharynx cancer patients. Factors associated with involvement were stage N2c-3 disease and stage N2b disease with either advanced T-stage, ⩾3 involved cervical LN, and ⩾1 involved contralateral LN, or lateral/posterior subsites.

publication date

  • October 5, 2013

Research

keywords

  • Oropharyngeal Neoplasms
  • Papillomaviridae

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 84889593812

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1016/j.radonc.2013.09.001

PubMed ID

  • 24103114

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 109

issue

  • 2