Prognostic role of diffusion weighted and dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI in loco-regionally advanced head and neck cancer treated with concomitant chemoradiotherapy

[摘要] BackgroundIn the study, the value of pre-treatment dynamic contrast-enhanced (DCE) and diffusion weighted (DW) MRI-derived parameters as well as their changes early during treatment was evaluated for predicting disease-free survival (DFS) and overall survival (OS) in patients with locoregionally advanced head and neck squamous carcinoma (HNSCC) treated with concomitant chemoradiotherapy (cCRT) with cisplatin.

[学科分类] 肿瘤学

[关键词] dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI;diffusion-weighted imaging;overall survival;squamous cell head and neck cancer;concomitant chemoradiotherapy