Relationships between Tumor Volume and Lymphatic Metastasis and Prognosis in Early Oral Tongue Cancer

Autor:	Young-Hoon Joo, Se-Hwan Hwang, Dong-Il Sun, Kwang-Jae Cho, Jun-Ook Park, Min-Sik Kim
Jazyk:	angličtina
Rok vydání:	2013
Předmět:	Tongue neoplasms Tumor burden Lymphatic metastasis Computer-assisted image processing Magnetic resonance imaging Medicine Otorhinolaryngology RF1-547
Zdroj:	Clinical and Experimental Otorhinolaryngology, Vol 6, Iss 4, Pp 243-248 (2013)
Druh dokumentu:	article
ISSN:	1976-8710 2005-0720
DOI:	10.3342/ceo.2013.6.4.243
Popis:	ObjectivesAlthough T stage is an important prognostic tool for oral tongue cancer, it fails to define the depth of invasion and true three-dimensional volume of primary tumors. The purpose of this paper is to determine the relations between tumor volume and lymph node metastasis and survival in early oral tongue cancer.MethodsForty-seven patients with T1-2 tongue cancer were included. Tumor volumes were measured by the computerized segmentation of T2-weighted magnetic resonance imaging.ResultsThe overall average tumor volume was 27.7 cm3 (range, 1.4 to 60.1 cm3). A significant positive correlation was found between tumor volume and pathological T stage, depth of invasion, and cervical lymph node metastasis (P
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