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Lymph Node With the Highest FDG Uptake Predicts Distant Metastasis-Free Survival in Patients With Locally Advanced Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma

Hojin Cho, Sung Hoon Kim, Hyun Jeong Kim, Yoon Woo Koh, Se-Heon Kim, Eun Chang Choi, Mijin Yun

Clinical Nuclear Medicine · 2018 · 11 citations · 27 references

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Abstract

In addition to anatomical N stage, higher NLR-H on pretreatment F-FDG PET/CT is an independent prognostic factor for worse DMFS in patients with locally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma.

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