MRI-detected residual retropharyngeal lymph node after intensity-modulated radiotherapy in nasopharyngeal carcinoma: Prognostic value and a nomogram for the pretherapy prediction of it.

CONCLUSION: MRI-detected RRLN at three months after IMRT was an unfavorable prognostic factor for patients with NPC. We developed and validated an easy-to-use nomogram for the pretherapy prediction of RRLN. PMID: 31931288 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Radiotherapy and Oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology - January 9, 2020 Category: Radiology Authors: Li WZ, Liu GY, Lin LF, Lv SH, Qiang MY, Lv X, Wu YS, Liang H, Ke LR, Wang DL, Yu YH, Qiu WZ, Liu KY, Guo X, Li JP, Zou YJ, Xiang YQ, Xia WX Tags: Radiother Oncol Source Type: research