Nov 12, 2019

Prognostic importance of radiologic extranodal extension in HPV-positive oropharyngeal carcinoma and its potential role in refining TNM-8 cN-classification

Radiotherapy and oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology
Shao Hui Huang, Brian O'Sullivan, Jie Su, Eric Bartlett, John Kim, John N Waldron, Jolie Ringash, John R de Almeida, Scott Bratman, Aaron Hansen, Andrew Bayley, John Cho, Meredith Giuliani, Andrew Hope, Ali Hosni, Anna Spreafico, Lillian Siu, Douglas Chepeha, Lt Tong, Wei Xu, Eugene Yu
CONCLUSION: This study confirms that rENE is prognostically important and facilitates understanding of known outcome heterogeneity within TNM-8 in HPV+ OPC patients. rENE is a promising parameter to refine the TNM-8 cN-classifications.