Is selective neck dissection sufficient treatment for the N0/Np+ neck?

Journal of Otolaryngology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 229-231

  Davidson, Jean ^a,c   Khan, Yasser ^a   Gilbert, Ralph ^a   Birt, B Derek ^a   Balogh, Judith ^b   MacKenzie, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b DEPARTMENT OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY   (Canada)

^c SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clinically negative neck; Lymph node metastases; N0 neck; Neck dissection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LARYNX CARCINOMA; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH CARCINOMA; NECK DISSECTION; OCCULT CANCER; PATIENT SELECTION; PHARYNX CARCINOMA; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK DISSECTION; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030883788     PISSN: 03816605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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