Planned neck dissection after definitive radiotherapy for squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck

Head and Neck

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1012-1018

  Mendenhall, William M ^a   Villaret, Douglas B ^b   Amdur, Robert J ^a   Hinerman, Russell W ^a   Mancuso, Anthony A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NECK DISSECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; REVIEW; SALVAGE THERAPY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; NECK DISSECTION; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036839222     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.10187     Document Type: Review

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