Neck dissection for advanced lymph node metastasis before definitive radiotherapy for primary carcinoma of the head and neck

Laryngoscope

Volumn 110, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1210-1214

  Smeele, Ludwig E ^a   Leemans, Charles R ^a   Reid, Colin B A ^a   Tiwari, Rammohan ^a   Snow, Gordon B ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Head and neck neoplasms; Radiotherapy survival; Squamous cell carcinoma; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0033949001     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-200007000-00027     Document Type: Article

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