Craniocaudal spread patterns of retropharyngeal lymph node metastasis in patients with hypopharyngeal carcinoma
RPLNMs above the hard palate and below the C2/3 disk level extremely rarely develop in patients with HPC. The cranial edge level of the hyoid bone varied significantly among treatment positions. Regardless of the treatment position, the cranial and caudal borders of the RPLN for ENI should be defined as the hard palate and cranial edge of C3, respectively.
Authors
- Yutaro Tasaki
- Yoshiyuki Fukugawa
- Natsuo Oya
- Hirofumi Koike (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9460-0928)
- Toshinori Hirai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1480-2197)
- Mika Nakatake
- Reiko Ideguchi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4283-2473)
- Yorihisa Orita (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2803-9623)
- Ryo Toya (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9764-5718)
- Satomi Yoshimi
- Hideki Ishimaru (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7817-0507)
- Shinya Shiraishi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1165-9607)
Institutions
- Nagasaki University (JP)
- Kumamoto University (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Radiation Oncology
- Published
- 2025-05-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s13014-025-02651-6
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Head and Neck Surgical Oncology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.01