title: PET-CT staging of the neck in cancers of the oropharynx: patterns of regional and retropharyngeal nodal metastasis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology Head Neck Surgery, LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA, USA. mtauz1@lsuhsc.edu
authors.forename: Marcie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tauzin
authors.forename: Amy
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rabalais
authors.forename: Joseph L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Hagan
authors.forename: Charles G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Wood
authors.forename: Robert L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Ferris
authors.forename: Rohan R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Walvekar
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D009959:Oropharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed