Frequency and therapeutic implications of 'skip metastases' in the neck from squamous carcinoma of the oral tongue

Head and Neck

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 14-19

  Byers, Robert M ^a   Weber, Randal S ^a   Andrews, Todd ^a   McGill, Diana ^a   Kare, Ramon ^a   Wolf, Patricia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

neck dissection; nodes; oral tongue; squamous cell carcinoma; supraomohyoid

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NECK DISSECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TONGUE CARCINOMA;

EID: 0031025556     PISSN: 01486403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0347(199701)19:1<14::aid-hed3>3.0.co;2-y     Document Type: Article

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