Role of screening chest computed tomography in patients with advanced head and neck cancer

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 120, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 689-692

  Tan, Luke K S ^a,b,c   Greener, Christopher C ^a,b   Seikaly, Hadi ^a,b   Rassekh, Christopher H ^a,b   Calhoun, Karen H ^a,b  

^a UTMB ^*

^b University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LUNG METASTASIS; MALE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032932308     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/hn.1999.v120.a91767     Document Type: Article

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