Reinterpretation of cross-sectional images in patients with head and neck cancer in the setting of a multidisciplinary cancer center.

Background And Purpose: Patients referred to tertiary care centers frequently arrive with images obtained at outside institutions; these images require reinterpretation. We assessed the clinical value of reinterpreting cross-sectional imaging studies of patients with head and neck cancer, in the setting of a multidisciplinary cancer center.

Methods: Outside CT and MR images of 136 patients with known or presumed head and neck cancer were reinterpreted by a neuroradiologist.