Cervical lymph node metastases from occult squamous cell carcinoma: Cut down a tree to get an apple?

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 727-733

  Nieder, Carsten ^a   Gregoire, Vincent ^b   Ang, K Kian ^c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Comprehensive radiotherapy; Lymph node metastases; Squamous cell carcinoma; Unknown primary tumor; Volume limited radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BIOPSY; CELLS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; FLUORESCENCE; IRRADIATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TUMORS;

LASER-INDUCED FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; PANENDOSCOPY;

RADIOTHERAPY;

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CHEMOTHERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENDOSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LASER; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCULT CANCER; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIOTHERAPY; RECURRENCE RISK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURVIVAL RATE; TONSILLECTOMY; TUMOR BIOPSY;

BIOPSY; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NECK; NEOPLASMS, UNKNOWN PRIMARY; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0035400242     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(01)01462-6     Document Type: Article

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