A Pilot Study: N-Staging Assessment of Shear Wave Elastrography in Small Cervical Lymph Nodes for Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma

A Pilot Study: N-Staging Assessment of Shear Wave Elastrography in Small Cervical Lymph Nodes for Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma

Purpose: To investigate N-staging Assessment of pretreatment Shear wave elastrography (SWE) in small cervical lymph nodes (0. 5 cm ≤ maximum diameter < 1 cm, intact capsule, no central necrosis, sCLNs) in nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) patients.Methods: Pathological biopsy proven 28 NPC patie...

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Main Authors: Ying Guan, Shuai Liu, An-Chuan Li, Xin-Bin Pan, Zhong-Guo Liang, Wan-Qin Cheng, Xiao-Dong Zhu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Oncology
Subjects:
nasopharyngeal neoplasms
chemoradiotherapy
intensity-modulated radiotherapy
prognosis
shear wave elastrography
cervical lymph nodes
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fonc.2020.00520/full

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