Pretreatment Apparent Diffusion Coefficient of the Primary Lesion Correlates With Local Failure in Head-and-Neck Cancer Treated With Chemoradiotherapy or Radiotherapy

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
8228788	International Journal of Radiation OncologyBiologyPhysics	2011	7 Pages	PDF

Abstract

The results suggest that pretreatment ADC, along with T stage, is a potential indicator of local failure in HNSCC treated with chemoradiotherapy or radiotherapy.

Keywords

diffusion-weighted imaging Head-and-neck cancer Chemoradiotherapy apparent diffusion coefficient Local control

Related Topics

Physical Sciences and Engineering Physics and Astronomy Radiation

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Pretreatment Apparent Diffusion Coefficient of the Primary Lesion Correlates With Local Failure in Head-and-Neck Cancer Treated With Chemoradiotherapy or Radiotherapy

Authors

Masamitsu M.D., Ph.D., Katsumasa M.D., Ph.D., Hidetake M.D., Ph.D., Yoshiyuki M.D., Ph.D., Yoshio M.D., Ph.D., Kayoko M.D., Shunya M.D., Takeshi M.D., Taro M.D., Takashi M.D., Ph.D., Torahiko M.D., Ph.D., Kei R.T., Hiroshi M.D., Ph.D.,