Lymph node metastases in the lower neck

Clinical Otolaryngology and Allied Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 221-226

  Giridharan, W ^a   Hughes, J ^a   Fenton, J E ^a   Jones, A S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Radiology   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cervical lymph node metastases; Lower neck; Neck nodes; Occult primary survival; Unknown primary

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLAVICLE; CONTINGENCY TABLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEAD TUMOR; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODEL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NECK; NECK TUMOR; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0038208356     PISSN: 03077772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2273.2003.00693.x     Document Type: Article

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