Treatment of the clinically negative neck in laryngeal cancer patients

Head and Neck

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 566-572

  Gallo, Oreste ^a   Boddi, Vieri ^a   Bottai, Guglielmo V ^a   Parrella, Francesco ^a   Fini Storchi, Omero ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LARYNX CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NECK DISSECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0029848964     PISSN: 01486403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0347(199611/12)18:6<566::aid-hed12>3.0.co;2-6     Document Type: Article

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