The Incidence and Significance of Retropharyngeal Lymph Node Metastases in Hypopharyngeal Cancer

To evaluate the incidence and clinical significance of retropharyngeal lymph node metastasis in hypopharyngeal cancer.Pretreatment computed tomography and/or magnetic resonance images of 152 patients treated between 1998 and 2009 were retrospectively reviewed. The prognostic significance of retropharyngeal lymph node metastasis for 116 patients who received definitive treatment was also analyzed.Twelve patients (8%) were radiologically positive...