| Literature DB >> 24103114 |
Chad Tang1, Sirisha Komakula, Cato Chan, James D Murphy, Wen Jiang, Christina Kong, Nancy Lee-Enriquez, Kristin C Jensen, Nancy J Fischbein, Quynh-Thu Le.
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.Entities:
Keywords: Human papilloma virus; Oropharyngeal carcinoma; Retropharyngeal lymph nodes
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Year: 2013 PMID: 24103114 DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2013.09.001
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Radiother Oncol ISSN: 0167-8140 Impact factor: 6.280