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Research ArticleHead and Neck Imaging

Solid Lymph Nodes as an Imaging Biomarker for Risk Stratification in Human Papillomavirus–Related Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma

T.J. Rath, S. Narayanan, M.A. Hughes, R.L. Ferris, S.I. Chiosea and B.F. Branstetter
American Journal of Neuroradiology July 2017, 38 (7) 1405-1410; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A5177
T.J. Rath
aFrom the Departments of Radiology (T.J.R., M.A.H., B.F.B.)
bOtolaryngology (T.J.R., M.A.H., R.L.F., B.F.B.)
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S. Narayanan
dDepartment of Radiology (S.N.), Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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M.A. Hughes
aFrom the Departments of Radiology (T.J.R., M.A.H., B.F.B.)
bOtolaryngology (T.J.R., M.A.H., R.L.F., B.F.B.)
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R.L. Ferris
bOtolaryngology (T.J.R., M.A.H., R.L.F., B.F.B.)
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S.I. Chiosea
cPathology (S.I.C.), University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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B.F. Branstetter IV
aFrom the Departments of Radiology (T.J.R., M.A.H., B.F.B.)
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T.J. Rath, S. Narayanan, M.A. Hughes, R.L. Ferris, S.I. Chiosea, B.F. Branstetter
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