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. 2022 Mar 22;14(7):1597. doi: 10.3390/cancers14071597

Table 5.

All metric variables are given as median with corresponding standard deviation. Only values with a p value < 0.05 are shown. The group that is compared to the subgroups is printed in bold letters. Abbreviations: SWE, shear wave elastography; HNSCC, head and neck squamous cell carcinoma; CLN, cervical lymph node; CEUS, contrast enhanced ultrasound; LAD, long-axis diameter; SAD, short-axis diameter; n, number of lymph nodes included.

Tumor Entity LAD (cm) SAD (cm) Solbiati Index * SWE (m/s) CEUS
Benign CLN (n = 36) 1.47 ± 0.69 0.74 ± 0.34 2.11 ± 0.81 1.72 ± 0.69
HNSCC (n = 30) p < 0.001
2.08 ± 0.8
p < 0.001
1.31 ± 0.58
p = 0.023
1.73 ± 0.54
p < 0.001
2.59 ± 0.97
p > 0.05
Lymphoma (n = 19) p < 0.001
2.41 ± 1.15
p < 0.001
1.5 ± 0.59
p = 0.008
1.6 ±0.33
p < 0.001
2.78 ± 1.13
p > 0.05
Malignant melanoma (n = 9) p = 0.038
2.09 ± 1.02
p < 0.001
1.51 ± 0.65
p = 0.001
1.36 ± 0.2
p = 0.028
2.21 ± 0.62
p > 0.05
Adenocarcinoma (n = 5) p = 0.36
1.15 ± 0.48
p = 0.265
0.77 ± 0.17
p = 0.069
1.48 ± 0.59
p = 0.021
2.54 ± 0.64
p > 0.05
CLN metastasis of other origins (n = 5) p = 0.15
2.56 ± 1.99
p = 0.001
1.74 ± 0.88
p = 0.018
1.39 ± 0.36
p = 0.018
3.15 ± 1.74
p > 0.05
HNSCC
Adenocarcinoma p = 0.018 p = 0.059 p = 0.109 p = 0.962 p > 0.05
Lymphoma
Adenocarcinoma p = 0.012 p = 0.009 p = 0.145 p = 0.915 p > 0.05
CLN metastasis of other origins p = 0.619 p = 0.546 p = 0.189 p = 0.972 p > 0.05
Malignant Melanoma
Adenocarcinoma p = 0.039 p = 0.004 p = 0.549 p = 0.423 p > 0.05
CLN metastasis of other origins p = 0.947 p = 0.593 p = 0.641 p = 0.257 p > 0.05
Adenocarcinoma
CLN metastasis of other origins p = 0.076 p = 0.036 p = 0.754 p = 0.754 p > 0.05

* defined as ratio of long axis to short axis.