Muscle-specific MRI grading of soft tissue involvement provides additional prognostic value beyond skull base criteria in nasopharyngeal carcinoma: a retrospective study
Muscle-specific MRI grading of STI serves as a more robust predictor of treatment outcomes than conventional skull base bone invasion in NPC patients receiving IMRT. This grading system demonstrates potential for refined risk stratification, although prospective, multi-institutional validation is required before clinical implementation.
Authors
- Min Kyu Kang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1435-3312)
- Ping Zhou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0643-8527)
- Sha Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5666-9422)
- Wei‐Min Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5247-7826)
- Ping Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5097-5389)
- Xinghua Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3576-146X)
- Ding Liang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9435-3901)
- Ying Kong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5153-3235)
- Tianyu Wu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3528-7270)
- Huang Xin
Institutions
- Guangxi University (CN)
- Guangxi Medical University (CN)
- First Affiliated Hospital of GuangXi Medical University (CN)
- Guangxi Center for Disease Prevention and Control (CN)
- Hainan Medical University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Cancer
- Published
- 2025-11-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12885-025-15208-3
- Primary Topic
- Head and Neck Cancer Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China