Sonography for the detection of cervical lymph node metastases among patients with tongue cancer: Criteria for early detection and assessment of follow-up examination intervals

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1127-1132

  Yuasa, Kenji ^a   Kawazu, Toshiyuki ^a   Kunitake, Naonobu ^a   Uehara, Satoru ^b   Omagari, Junichi ^c   Yoshiura, Kazunori ^a   Nakayama, Eiji ^a   Kanda, Shigenobu ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION KYUSHU MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^c Koga Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TONGUE CANCER; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRACHYTHERAPY; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; TIME FACTORS; TONGUE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0034080316     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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