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PET/MRI detects head/neck lymph node metastases

PET/MRI outperformed diffusion-weighted MRI (DWI-MRI) for detecting lymph node metastases in the staging of head and neck cancer patients, according to a study presented November 25 at the ...
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Change of three-dimensional DW-MRI for primary tumor and cervical lymph nodes in head and neck cancer during radiotherapy: A phase II prospective study.

Prognostic value of pretreatment 18F-FDG PET-CT for nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2017 ASCO Annual Meeting I. This abstract does not include a full text ...
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Nanoparticles that can light up the lymph node cancer cells otherwise undetectable by MRI

Researchers have developed a new nanoparticle that can 'hitch a ride' on immune cells, or monocytes. Because of its tiny size, the particle can tag along directly into lymph nodes and help metastasis ...
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What to know about cancer and lymph nodes in the neck

Cancer that starts in the lymph nodes is lymphoma. Cancer may also spread from other areas of the body to various lymph nodes, including the neck. Swollen lymph nodes are usually due to a cause other ...