Surgical treatment of lung metastases of head and neck tumors

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 174, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 499-502

  Younes, Riad N ^a   Gross, Jefferson L ^a   Silva, Jordão F ^a   Fernandez, José A P ^a   Kowalski, Luis Paulo ^a  

^a A C CAMARGO CANCER CENTER   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; LUNG METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; THORACOTOMY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030707739     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9610(97)00164-5     Document Type: Article

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