Surgical management of the neck in squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue

British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 320-323

  Califano, Luigi ^a,b   Zupi, Aldo ^a   Mangone, Giuseppe ^a   Longo, Francesco ^a   Coscia, Guiseppe ^a   Piombino, Pasquale ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK DISSECTION; PROGNOSIS; PROPHYLAXIS; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TONGUE CARCINOMA;

EID: 0032790987     PISSN: 02664356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/bjom.1999.0076     Document Type: Article

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