1) The difference between nodal staging and nodal classification in the neck. 2) The criteria for assessing a pathologic neck lymph node. 3) The impact on survival of metastatic nodes and what they mean to treatment plans. 4) The varied appearances of metastatic papillary thyroid cancer nodes.
This course will discuss why cervical metastatic nodes are so important in determining treatments for head and neck cancer patients. The course will also discuss the anatomic locations of the cervical lymph nodes and the differences between nodal staging and nodal classification and when each of these systems should be used. Criteria for assessing when a node is metastatic will also be presented. The use ofPET/CT will be discussed as it pertains to metastatic cervi9cal adenopathy.
Som, P,
The Cervical Lymph Nodes. Radiological Society of North America 2014 Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, - ,Chicago IL.
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