Can MR textural analysis improve the prediction of extracapsular nodal spread in patients with oral cavity cancer?

To explore the utility of MR texture analysis (MRTA) for detection of nodal extracapsular spread (ECS) in oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). 115 patients with oral cavity SCC treated with surgery and adjuvant (chemo)radiotherapy were identified retrospectively. First-order texture parameters (entropy, skewness and kurtosis) were extracted from tumour and nodal regions of interest (ROIs) using proprietary software (TexRAD). Nodal MR...