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This systematic review and meta-analysis analyzed published articles on intracranial arterial segments to understand the role of plaque calcification in stroke events. Weak association between intracranial calcification and stroke incidence/recurrence was found as well as weak association between calcium burden and stroke incidence/recurrence.

The results of this study on quantification of deep invasion of NPC showed that the tumors with a relatively large deep component compared with the superficial component had a poorer outcome. Specifically, volume of deep invasion in primary NPC (ratio of deep to the total primary tumor volume) was found to correlate with the presence of nodal metastases and the best predictor of outcome, especially distant metastases-free survival.