Management of cervical metastases in advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the base of tongue

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 129, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 983-986

  Pletcher, Steven D ^a   Kaplan, Michael J ^a   Eisele, David W ^a   Singer, Mark I ^a   Quivey, Jeanne M ^b   Lee, Nancy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; NECK DISSECTION; NECK INJURY; SPINE METASTASIS; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL TIME; TONGUE CARCINOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR BIOPSY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MANDIBLE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; OSTEORADIONECROSIS; RADIOTHERAPY; TONGUE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0042386763     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archotol.129.9.983     Document Type: Article

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