MRI prognostic factors of tongue cancer: potential predictors of cervical lymph nodes metastases

[摘要] BackgroundThis study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of three MR imaging parameters, which are tumour thickness, para-lingual distance and apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) value for prediction of cervical lymph nodes metastasis in cancer tongue patients.

[学科分类] 肿瘤学

[关键词] tongue cancer;tumour thickness;para-lingual distance;apparent diffusion coefficient;cervical lymph nodes metastases