The art of diagnosis in head and neck tumors

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 324-328

  Ferlito, Alfio ^a   Boccato, Paolo ^b   Shaha, Ashok R ^c   Carbone, Antonino ^d   Noyek, Arnold M ^e   Doglioni, Claudio ^f   Bradley, Patrick J ^g   Rinaldo, Alessandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^b Cytopathology Laboratory   (Italy)

^c MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d CENTRO DI RIFERIMENTO ONCOLOGICO   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f Hospital of Belluno   (Italy)

^g QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; BIOPSY; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; HEAD TUMOR; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABORATORY TEST; NECK TUMOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; SALIVARY GLAND; THYROID GLAND; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; ULTRASOUND;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0035000261     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/000164801300102653     Document Type: Review

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