The role of neck dissection in head and neck mucosal squamous cancer

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery

Volumn 69, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 865-870

  Lam, K H ^a,b  

^a HONG KONG SANATORIUM AND HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b Room 1007 Takshing House ^*  (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Laryngeal cancer; Neck dissection; Oral cancer; Pharyngeal cancer

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; NECK DISSECTION; PHARYNX CANCER; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROGNOSIS; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; NECK DISSECTION; NECK MUSCLES; PHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; SURGERY;

EID: 0033377588     PISSN: 00048682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1622.1999.01720.x     Document Type: Article

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