Paratracheal lymph node involvement in advanced cancer of the larynx, hypopharynx, and cervical esophagus

Laryngoscope

Volumn 113, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1595-1599

  Timon, Conrad V ^a   Toner, Mary ^a   Conlon, Brendan J ^a  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Cervical esophagus; Head and neck cancer; Hypopharynx; Larynx; Neck dissection; Paratracheal nodes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HUMAN; HYPOPHARYNX CANCER; LARYNX CANCER; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; NECK DISSECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; LARYNGECTOMY; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK DISSECTION; PHARYNGECTOMY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TRACHEA;

EID: 0042384860     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-200309000-00035     Document Type: Article

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