Level IIb CTV delineation based on cervical fascia anatomy in nasopharyngeal cancer

Jun Zhang; Li Pan; Jing Ren; Jinyi Lang; Hao Wen; Jie Wang; Shichuan Zhang

doi:10.1016/j.radonc.2015.02.013

Level IIb CTV delineation based on cervical fascia anatomy in nasopharyngeal cancer

Radiother Oncol. 2015 Apr;115(1):46-9. doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2015.02.013. Epub 2015 Mar 11.

Authors

Jun Zhang¹, Li Pan¹, Jing Ren², Jinyi Lang¹, Hao Wen¹, Jie Wang¹, Shichuan Zhang³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Radiation Oncology, Chengdu, China.
² Department of Radiology, Sichuan Cancer Hospital, Chengdu, China.
³ Department of Radiation Oncology, Chengdu, China. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 25770873
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2015.02.013

Abstract

We carefully reviewed magnetic resonance (MR) images from 100 consecutive NPC patients and analyzed the lymph node distribution status at level IIb. We proposed several modifications of the existing consensus guidelines for determining the level IIb clinical target volume (CTV) in NPC patients.

Keywords: Nasopharyngeal cancer; Nodal CTV delineation.

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Carcinoma
Fascia / pathology*
Humans
Lymph Nodes / pathology
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Middle Aged
Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma
Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms / pathology*
Neck / pathology*
Neoplasm Staging
Young Adult