Distribution of metastatic lymph nodes in oropharyngeal carcinoma and its implications for the elective treatment of the neck

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 129, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 729-732

  Vartanian, José G ^b   Pontes, Everton ^b   Agra, Ivan M G ^b   Campos, Olímpio D ^b   Gonçalves Filho, João ^b   Lopes Carvalho, André ^b   Kowalshi, Luiz Paulo ^a  

^a A C CAMARGO CANCER CENTER   (Brazil)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK CANCER; NECK DISSECTION; OROPHARYNX CARCINOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SECOND CANCER; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OROPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TONGUE NEOPLASMS; TONSILLAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0038164880     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archotol.129.7.729     Document Type: Article

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