Cancer of the nasopharynx: Functional surgical salvage

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 844-848

  Wei, William Ignace ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; HUMAN; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NASOPHARYNX CANCER; NECK DISSECTION; NECK MUSCLE; REVIEW; SALVAGE THERAPY; SPEECH DISORDER; SURGICAL APPROACH; SWALLOWING;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; NECK DISSECTION; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALVAGE THERAPY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0041428063     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-003-7110-9     Document Type: Review

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