Recurrence at the primary site in head and neck cancer and the significance of neck lymph node metastases as a prognostic factor

Cancer

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 1994, Pages 187-190

  Leemans, Charles R ^a   Tiwari, Rammohan ^a   Nauta, Jos J P ^a   Waal, Isaac Van Der ^a   Snow, Gordon B ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

head and neck cancer; metastases; neck node; primary site recurrence; prognostic factors; T stage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; NECK; NECK DISSECTION; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0028031635     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0142(19940101)73:1<187::AID-CNCR2820730132>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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