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Imaging in the Diagnosis and Staging of Carcinoma of Nasopharynx

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Nasopharyngeal Cancer

Part of the book series: Medical Radiology ((Med Radiol Radiat Oncol))

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Endoscopy often allows direct visualization of a nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) that involves the pharyngeal mucosal surface, with a definitive histo-pathologic diagnosis achieved through biopsy of the lesion. However, staging of the disease is primarily dependent on imaging, which delineates the full extent of the submucosal, osseous, or intracranial tumor infil-tration, as well as the nodal and visceral metastases. Accurate tumor mappings on imaging enable precise radiotherapy treatment planning and administration, which in turn effectively improve the outcomes of patients (Cellai et al. 1990; Emami et al. 2003).

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  1. Department of Diagnostic Radiology, National University Health System, National University of Singapore, 5 Lower Kent Ridge Road, Singapore, 119074, Republic of Singapore

    Cheng Kang Ong & Vincent Fook Hin Chong

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  1. Department of Radiation Oncology, National University Cancer Institute of Singapore National University Health System National University of Singapore, 5 Lower Kent Ridge Road, Singapore, 119074, Republic of Singapore

    J. J. Lu (Associate Professor and Consultant, Distinguished Clinical Professor) (Associate Professor and Consultant, Distinguished Clinical Professor)

  2. Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, 270 Dong An Road, Shanghai, 200232, P.R. China

    J. J. Lu (Associate Professor and Consultant, Distinguished Clinical Professor) (Associate Professor and Consultant, Distinguished Clinical Professor)

  3. Department of Radiation Oncology, Maimonides Cancer Center, 6300 Eighth Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, 11220, USA

    J. S. Cooper (Professor and Chairman) (Professor and Chairman)

  4. Department of Clinical Oncology, Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital, 3 Lok Man Road, Chai Wan, Hong Kong SAR, P.R. China

    A. W. M. Lee

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Ong, C.K., Chong, V.F.H. (2010). Imaging in the Diagnosis and Staging of Carcinoma of Nasopharynx. In: Lu, J.J., Cooper, J.S., Lee, A.W.M. (eds) Nasopharyngeal Cancer. Medical Radiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-92810-2_8

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