Research Article
Limited Utility of Routine Surveillance MRI Following Chemoradiation for Advanced-Stage Oropharynx Carcinoma
Table 4
Patient symptomatology and physical exam findings prior to radiographic evidence of failure.
| Patient no. | Symptoms | Physical exam | No. of MRIs performed until detection of recurrence |
| Locoregional recurrent disease | | |
| 1 | None | None | 2 | 2 | Throat fullness | Tongue base irregularity | 9 | 3 | Otalgia | New neck mass | 3 | 4 | None | None | 6 |
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