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. 2013 Nov;109(2):293-6.
doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2013.09.001. Epub 2013 Oct 5.

Radiologic assessment of retropharyngeal node involvement in oropharyngeal carcinomas stratified by HPV status

Chad Tang  1 , Sirisha Komakula, Cato Chan, James D Murphy, Wen Jiang, Christina Kong, Nancy Lee-Enriquez, Kristin C Jensen, Nancy J Fischbein, Quynh-Thu Le
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Radiologic assessment of retropharyngeal node involvement in oropharyngeal carcinomas stratified by HPV status

Chad Tang et al. Radiother Oncol. 2013 Nov.

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.

Keywords: Human papilloma virus; Oropharyngeal carcinoma; Retropharyngeal lymph nodes.

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