Nutritional optimization during neoadjuvant therapy prior to surgical resection of esophageal cancer—a narrative review

JR Huddy, FMS Huddy, SR Markar… - Diseases of the …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
This narrative review aims to evaluate the evidence for the different nutritional approaches
employed during neoadjuvant therapy in patients with locoregional esophageal cancer …

Clinical practice guideline: evaluation of the neck mass in adults

MA Pynnonen, MB Gillespie, B Roman… - … –Head and Neck …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective Neck masses are common in adults, but often the underlying etiology is not easily
identifiable. While infections cause most of the neck masses in children, most persistent …

A combination of computed tomography scan and ultrasound provides optimal detection of cervical lymph node metastasis in papillary thyroid carcinomas: A …

AL Albuck, PP Issa, M Hussein, M Aboueisha… - Head & …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background Lymph node metastasis (LNM) in patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma
(PTC) is common. This meta‐analysis assesses the diagnostic accuracy of computed …

Diagnostic accuracy of CT and ultrasonography for evaluating metastatic cervical lymph nodes in patients with thyroid cancer

JE Ahn, JH Lee, JS Yi, YK Shong, SJ Hong… - World journal of …, 2008 - Springer
Background The present study was designed to investigate the diagnostic ability of
computed tomography (CT) and ultrasonography (USG) in the preoperative evaluation of the …

Papillary thyroid carcinoma nodal surgery directed by a preoperative radiographic map utilizing CT scan and ultrasound in all primary and reoperative patients

D Lesnik, ME Cunnane, D Zurakowski, GO Acar… - Head & …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Background To study the diagnostic accuracy of physical examination (PE), ultrasonography
(US), contrastenhanced computed tomography (CT) and in preoperative detection of …

[HTML][HTML] Accuracy of palpation, ultrasonography, and computed tomography in the evaluation of metastatic cervical lymph nodes in head and neck cancer

D Shetty, BV Jayade, SK Joshi… - Indian journal of …, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Objectives: The aim and objectives of this study were to evaluate the accuracy of
preoperative clinical methods such as palpation, ultrasonography (USG), and computed …

Computed tomography-detected central lymph node metastasis in ultrasonography node-negative papillary thyroid carcinoma: is it really significant?

SK Kim, JW Woo, I Park, JH Lee, JH Choe… - Annals of surgical …, 2017 - Springer
Background Because of the limitations in ultrasonography (US), the advantages of
computed tomography (CT) for detecting central lymph node (LN) metastasis have been …

Assessment of cervical lymph node metastasis with different imaging methods in patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.

E Akoğlu, M Dutipek, R Bekiş… - Journal of …, 2005 - search.ebscohost.com
Results: The sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value, and
accuracy of CT, MRI, US, and SPECT were 77.7%, 85.7%, 91.3%, 66.6%, and 80.4%; …

Accuracy of preoperative staging for a priori resectable esophageal cancer

M Winiker, S Mantziari, SG Figueiredo… - Diseases of the …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
This study assessed the accuracy of preoperative staging in patients undergoing
oncological esophagectomy for adenocarcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma. All patients …

Preoperative cervical lymph node size evaluation in patients with malignant head/neck tumors: comparison between ultrasound and computer tomography

B Hohlweg-Majert, MC Metzger, PJ Voss… - Journal of cancer …, 2009 - Springer
Purpose The spread of malignant lymph nodes due to malignancies of the head and neck is
systematically observed. However, sentinel lymph nodes in the cervical region, such as in …