Inclusion criteria | • Primary nasopharyngeal carcinoma diagnosed by pathology and treated in hospital. • No distant metastases at the time of initial diagnosis • Pre-treatment MRI images were available, which included axial T1-enhanced sequences • Regular review was performed • Telephone follow-up was available |
Exclusion criteria | • nasopharyngeal carcinoma that recurred after treatment • Pre-treatment MRI was not available, or the images were corrupted, or ther have not axial T1-enhanced sequences • There has been distant metastasis at the time of diagnosis • Regular review was not performed |