Nodal disease in purely glottic carcinoma: Is elective neck treatment worthwhile?

Laryngoscope

Volumn 108, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1006-1008

  Yang, Caroline Y ^a   Andersen, Peter E ^a   Everts, Edwin C ^a   Cohen, James I ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Elective neck dissection; Glottic carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; GLOTTIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LARYNX CARCINOMA; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK DISSECTION; OBSERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; FEMALE; GLOTTIS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; NECK DISSECTION; NEOPLASM STAGING; PATIENT SELECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031776128     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-199807000-00010     Document Type: Article

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