Primary Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma: Diagnostic Accuracy of MR Imaging versus that of Endoscopy and Endoscopic Biopsy

Abstract

MR imaging is an accurate test for the diagnosis of NPC. MR imaging depicts subclinical cancers missed at endoscopy and endoscopic biopsy and helps identify the majority of patients who do not have NPC and who therefore do not need to undergo invasive sampling biopsies.