Role of computerized tomography (CT) scan of the chest in patients with newly diagnosed head and neck cancers

Clinical Otolaryngology and Allied Sciences

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 409-411

  Arunachalam, P S ^a,b   Putnam, G ^a   Jennings, P ^a   Messersmith, R ^a   Robson, A K ^a  

^a CUMBERLAND INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computerized tomography; Head and neck cancer; Second primary tumour; Synchronous tumour nscreening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; LIP CANCER; LUNG CARCINOMA; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG METASTASIS; LUNG RESECTION; LYMPHOMA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN CANCER; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; THORAX; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036413250     PISSN: 03077772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2273.2002.00605.x     Document Type: Article

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