A clinical study of ultrasonography for lymph node metastases in head and neck cancer

Journal of Otolaryngology of Japan

Volumn 106, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 499-506

  Hayashi, Ibuki ^b   Kawata, Ryo ^a   Lee, Koutetsu ^a   Sakurai, Kanji ^b   Tsuji, Yuuichirou ^a   Takenaka, Hiroshi ^a  

^a OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Fine needle aspiration; Head and neck cancer; Metastatic lymph node; Neck dissection; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; ECHOGRAPHY; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NECK DISSECTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0037832564     PISSN: 00306622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3950/jibiinkoka.106.499     Document Type: Article

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