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IMAGING: MRI OR CT SCAN
CT PRIOR TO PANENDOSCOPY LIKELY SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED THE PROBABILITY
OF DETECTING THE PRIMARY SITE
THE
POTENTIAL OF
CT, MR, OR BOTH
TO DETECT A PRIMARY TUMOR IS IN THE RANGE OF
9.3% TO
23%
, RISING 60% WHEN SUSPICIOUS RADIOLOGIC FINDINGS DIRECT SUBSEQUENT ENDOSCOPIC
BIOPSIES
Cianchetti M et al., Laryngoscope 2009
Strojan P et al., Head Neck 2013
PATIENTS WITH SUSPICIOUS FINDINGS ON PHYSICAL EXAM AND/OR CT AND/OR MRI HAD
A HIGHER PROBABILITY OF PRIMARY SITE DETECTION THAN THOSE WITHOUT
SUSPICIOUS FINDINGS
IDENTIFICATION OF THE PRIMARY TUMOR
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