Unknown primary squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck: A review of diagnosis, treatment and outcomes

Asian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 188-193

  Adams, Jeff R ^a   O'Brien, Christopher J ^a  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL;

ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPY; METASTASIS; NECK DISSECTION; NECK TUMOR; REVIEW; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; NEOPLASM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGY;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS, UNKNOWN PRIMARY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE);

EID: 0036015718     PISSN: 10159584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1015-9584(09)60172-X     Document Type: Article

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