The increasing use of 3D treatment planning in head and neck radiation oncology has
created an urgent need for new guidelines for the selection and the delineation of the neck …

Background Parathyroid cancer is rare and often fatal. This review provides an in-depth
analysis of 330 clinical cases reported in detail. These data are used to inform a proposal for …

Background and purpose In 2000, a panel of experts published a proposal for the selection
of lymph node target volumes for definitive head and neck radiation therapy (Radiother …

OBJECTIVE. This study was undertaken to create an imaging-based classification for the
lymph nodes of the neck that will be readily accepted by clinicians, result in consistent nodal …

Over the past 18 years, numerous classifications have been proposed to distinguish among
the diverse nodal levels. Some classifications have used surgical landmarks, others physical …

Background: The aim was to determine the reliability and reproducibility of sentinel node
biopsy (SNB) as a staging tool in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) for …

Imaging is playing a major role in the assessment of cervical lymphadenopathy. In infectious
disease, the assessment of abscess formation and the relation of the abscess to surrounding …

Background: The management of the N0 neck in oral and oropharyngeal cancer is often
determined by the risk of metastases related to features of the primary tumor. Where the risk …

Objective To assess the performance of neck ultrasonography (US) in the detection of lymph
node lesions metastatic from differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC) and the detection of …

Objective To investigate the possible role of sentinel node biopsy (SNB) alone to upstage
the clinically N0 neck in patients with oral and oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma …