The effects of more conservative neck dissections and radiotherapy on nodal yields from the neck

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 124, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 412-416

  Bhattacharyya, Neil ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Joint Center for Otolaryngology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NECK DISSECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 0031956330     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archotol.124.4.412     Document Type: Article

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