The value of chest CT scan in the work-up of head and neck cancers

Journal of Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 191-195

  Halpern, Joshua ^a,b  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey   (United States)

Author keywords

Chest CAT scan; Head and neck cancer; Metastic workup

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0030696808     PISSN: 00257850     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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