Department of Radiation Oncology, Stanford University, USA.
Radiother Oncol. 2013 Nov;109(2):293-6. doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2013.09.001. Epub 2013 Oct 5.
Radiation of retropharyngeal nodes (RPN) results in increased toxicities. This study assessed characteristics associated with RPN involvement in 165 oropharynx cancer patients. Factors associated with involvement were stage N2c-3 disease and stage N2b disease with either advanced T-stage, ⩾3 involved cervical LN, and ⩾1 involved contralateral LN, or lateral/posterior subsites.
咽后淋巴结(RPN)的放射会导致毒性增加。本研究评估了与 165 例口咽癌患者 RPN 受累相关的特征。与受累相关的因素包括 N2c-3 期疾病和 N2b 期疾病,伴晚期 T 分期、 ⩾3 个受累颈部淋巴结以及 ⩾1 个受累对侧颈部淋巴结,或侧后部位。