Follow-up in head and neck cancer. What the radiologist must know

Critical review of clinical practice guidelines for evaluation of neck mass in adults

“…For instance, radiologists can help delineate the radiologic appearances for benign and malignant tumors. 24 , 25 , 26 Similarly, pathologists are the ones who provide the diagnosis and can therefore describe the merits of a fine needle aspiration versus excisional biopsies in the diagnosis of various disease processes. 27 , 28 Unfortunately, we noted that several guidelines failed to incorporate these important professionals in the committee groups for these CPGs.…”