Cervical metastasis of unknown origin: A series of 72 patients

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 122, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 569-574

  Koivunen, P ^a   Laranne, J ^b   Virtaniemi, J ^c   Back L ^d   Makitie A ^d   Pulkkinen, J ^e   Grenman, R ^e  

^a OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^e TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cervical metastasis; Primary site; Prognostic factors; Survival; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SPINE METASTASIS; SPINE TUMOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEOPLASM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL;

FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMAN; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; NEOPLASMS, UNKNOWN PRIMARY; PROGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0035995010     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016480260092435     Document Type: Article

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