… The inclusion criteria used for the patients in the study were: (1) Confirmed primary HNSCC
malignancy by biopsy; (2) Multiparametric MR imaging (DWI); (3) PET/MRI for initial staging …

… is widely used in diagnosis of primary tumour and metastases including nodal and distant.
The … There was no significant difference for all PET/MR parameters among different T staging …

… Figure 1 shows the difference between ADC values of the lymph node for ROI 0.2 cm 2 and
… significantly higher values (by 9.25%) than the ADC of the entire lymph node (p < 0.001). …

… carcinoma for initial anatomical staging and follow-up [10]. Diffusion-weighted magnetic
resonance imaging (… according to the American Joint Committee on cancer TNM staging system, …

… The cervical lymph node metastasis is being regarded as an adverse prognostic factor in
patients with head-and-neck squamous cell carcinoma and precise lymph node staging is …

… , nodal staging on imaging, such as computed tomography (CT) or conventional magnetic
resonance imaging (… are limited in the detection of subcentimeter-sized nodal metastasis [2,4]. …

Aims The use of diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DW-MRI) as a prognostic
marker of treatment response would enable early individualisation of treatment. We aimed to …

… values on diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) of primary tumor … on Cancer staging manual,
which distinguishes staging for … ratio of nodal and primary tumor burden, well-defined tumor …

… contrast enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (DCE-MRI) … , differentiation grading, and
nodal staging was also evaluated both in … Diffusion-weighted images were acquired in the axial …

… of multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI…
according to the American Joint Committee on Cancer staging system eighth edition. …