Occult cervical metastasis in head and neck cancer and its impact on therapy

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 107-114

  Wong, Richard J ^a   Rinaldo, Alessandra ^a   Ferlito, Alfio ^a   Shah, Jatin P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT PLANNING;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; NECK; NECK DISSECTION;

EID: 0036178842     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016480252775832     Document Type: Article

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