Refining the boundaries of the nodal CTV in the middle neck for nasopharyngeal carcinoma
Yue Deng, Yi Liu, Dan Wang, Yue Zhao, Wenjun Liao, Li Yin, Jianxia Lyu, Guotai Wang, Shichuan Zhang · 2026
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Yue Deng and colleagues redraw the radiation target map for the middle neck in nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Their 2026 study reviews pretreatment images of 100 patients whose cancer had spread to neck nodes throughout, including the collar region. Clinicians must outline nodal target volumes that catch disease without frying healthy neck tissue, and fascia-formed compartments in the lower neck already proved a natural guide.
Node patterns were read against both the 2013 consensus level definitions and the fascia-based compartments from the group's earlier work. The compartments held up in the middle neck too, levels III, Va and upper VI in the scheme used. Several edits to the 2018 international guidelines follow, offered to sharpen contouring atlases worldwide.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Yue Deng, Yi Liu, Dan Wang, Yue Zhao, Wenjun Liao, Li Yin, Jianxia Lyu, Guotai Wang, Shichuan Zhang |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 28292 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |