Treatment of the neck in melanoma

Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 833-839

  Byers, R M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA2B INTERFERON;

ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MELANOMA; NECK DISSECTION; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW;

EID: 0031795950     PISSN: 00306665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0030-6665(05)70091-8     Document Type: Article

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