Staging of Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Oral Cavity and Oropharynx: A Comparison of MRI and CT in T- and N-Staging

Abstract

For T-staging, MR scanning is overall more accurate than CT. If degraded images and T1 tumours are excluded, the techniques are comparable. MR scanning is oversensitive for recurrent disease. For N-staging, all methods failed to detect small metastatic deposits.