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Characteristics and kinetics of cervical lymph node regression after radiation therapy for human papillomavirus-associated oropharyngeal carcinoma: Quantitative image analysis of post-radiotherapy response
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Characteristics and kinetics of cervical lymph node regression after radiation therapy for human papillomavirus-associated oropharyngeal carcinoma: Quantitative image analysis of post-radiotherapy response ORAL ONCOLOGY Tang, C., Fuller, C. D., Garden, A. S., Awan, M. J., Colen, R. R., Morrison, W. H., Frank, S. J., Beadle, B. M., Phan, J., Sturgis, E. M., Zafereo, M. E., Weber, R. S., Rosenthal, D. I., Gunn, G. B. 2015; 51 (2): 195-201Abstract
We sought to characterize the pattern of lymph node regression and morphology following definitive radiation therapy (RT) for human papilloma virus (HPV)-associated oropharyngeal carcinoma in patients with disease control.Radiographically positive cervical lymph nodes from patients treated with definitive RT for HPV-associated oropharyngeal carcinoma were segmented on initial pre- and subsequent post-RT contrast enhanced CT images. Pre-specified quantitative nodal parameters were calculated. Initial nodal parameter correlates of final nodal size, final nodal volume, and time to <1 cm short-axis diameter were determined.Sixty-six radiographically positive lymph node were analyzed in 36 patients. Lymph nodes exhibited initial volume decreases with size stabilization at ~4 months. Fifteen nodes (23%) underwent complete radiographic response (median 6.4 months following RT; range 2.9-25.6 months). On multivariate time-to-event analysis, initial hypodense/fat component, nodal volume, and short-axis diameter exhibited inverse association, while higher HU standard deviation exhibited a positive association, with reaching <1 cm short-axis diameter (all p<0.05).Our results showed a substantial decrease in nodal volume within the first 1-2 months following RT. These findings support our current nodal imaging paradigm, propose a quantitative methodology, and describe a reference dataset for further validation and comparison studies.
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