Incidence of Radiographically Occult Nodal Metastases in HPV-Driven Oropharyngeal Carcinoma: Implications for Reducing Elective Nodal Coverage
Kelly J, Loganadane G, Lee N, Kann B, Mahajan A, Hansen J, Belkacemi Y, Yarbrough W, Husain Z. Incidence of Radiographically Occult Nodal Metastases in HPV-Driven Oropharyngeal Carcinoma: Implications for Reducing Elective Nodal Coverage. International Journal Of Radiation Oncology • Biology • Physics 2018, 102: s197-s198. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2018.07.095.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchIncidence of radiographically occult nodal metastases in HPV+ oropharyngeal carcinoma: Implications for reducing elective nodal coverage
Loganadane G, Kelly JR, Lee NC, Kann BH, Mahajan A, Hansen JE, Belkacémi Y, Yarbrough W, Husain ZA. Incidence of radiographically occult nodal metastases in HPV+ oropharyngeal carcinoma: Implications for reducing elective nodal coverage. Practical Radiation Oncology 2018, 8: 397-403. PMID: 29730282, DOI: 10.1016/j.prro.2018.03.009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAgedAged, 80 and overCarcinoma, Squamous CellFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansImage Processing, Computer-AssistedLymphatic MetastasisMaleMiddle AgedNeoplasm StagingOropharyngeal NeoplasmsPapillomaviridaePapillomavirus InfectionsPositron Emission Tomography Computed TomographyPrognosisRadiotherapy DosageRadiotherapy Planning, Computer-AssistedRadiotherapy, Intensity-ModulatedRetrospective StudiesConceptsRadiation field designPreoperative imagingPathologic involvementN stageOropharyngeal squamous cell carcinomaElective nodal coverageLevel II diseasePercent of patientsPositive lymph nodesOccult nodal metastasisClinical N stageRadiation therapy doseRecords of patientsNodal levelPathologic N stageSquamous cell carcinomaHuman papilloma virusTreatment deescalationNeoadjuvant therapyNodal diseaseNeck dissectionNodal involvementOropharyngeal carcinomaProspective trialSystemic agents