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ArticleOncotarget2017

Diffusion-kurtosis imaging predicts early radiotherapy response in nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients.

Gang Wu, Meng-Meng Li, Feng Chen, Shao-Ming Lin, Kai Yang, Ying-Man Zhao, Xiao-Lei Zhu, Wei-Yuan Huang, Jian-Jun Li

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Article in Oncotarget, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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9 authors.

Gang WuDepartment of Radiotherapy, Hainan General Hospital, Hainan, China.
Meng-Meng LiResearch and Education Department, Hainan General Hospital, Hainan, China.
Feng ChenDepartment of Radiology, Hainan General Hospital, Hainan, China.
Shao-Ming LinDepartment of Radiotherapy, Hainan General Hospital, Hainan, China.
Kai YangDepartment of Radiology, Hainan General Hospital, Hainan, China.
Ying-Man ZhaoDepartment of Radiology, Hainan General Hospital, Hainan, China.
Xiao-Lei ZhuSiemens Healthcare, MR Scientific Marketing NE Asia, Beijing, China.
Wei-Yuan HuangDepartment of Radiology, Hainan General Hospital, Hainan, China.
Jian-Jun LiDepartment of Radiology, Hainan General Hospital, Hainan, China.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this prospective study, we analyzed diffusion kurtosis imaging (DKI) parameters to predict the early response to radiotherapy in 23 nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) patients. All patients underwent conventional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and DKI before and after radiotherapy. The patients were divided into response (RG; no residual tumors; 16/23 patients) and no-response (NRG; residual tumors; 7/23 patients) groups, based on MRI and biopsy results 3 months after radiotherapy. The maximum diameter of tumors in RG and NRG patients were similar prior to radiotherapy (

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diffusion-kurtosis imaging, DKImagnetic romance imaging, MRInasopharyngeal carcinoma, NPCradiotherapy

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PMID29029498
PMCPMC5630398

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