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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Feb 12.
Published in final edited form as: Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2017 Jun 13;157(3):439–447. doi: 10.1177/0194599817703927

Table 2.

Nodal stage designation by histopathology, 18F-FDG PET/CT, and CECT respectively

Nodal Stage Pathology
n (% of total)		 PET/CT#1*
n (% of total)		 PET/CT#2
n (% of total)		 PET/CT#3
n (% of total)		 CECT#1
n (% of total)		 CECT#2
n (% of total)		 CECT#3
n (% of total)
N0 27 (37) 10 (14) 14 (19) 11 (15) 27 (37) 28 (38) 28 (38)
N1 9 (12) 17 (23) 16 (22) 20 (27) 14 (19) 12 (16) 12 (16)
N2 35 (48) 43 (59) 40 (55) 39 (53) 29 (40) 30 (41) 30 (41)
N3 2(3) 3(4) 3(4) 3(4) 3(4) 3 (4) 3 (4)
Total 73 (100) 73 (100) 73 (100) 73 (100) 73 (100) 73 (100) 73 (100)
*

N: Nodal stage designated by histopathology

**

Each numbered modality (i.e. #1, #2, etc.) refers to an individual physician reader Table 3: