Metastatic cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma to the parotid: The role of surgery and adjuvant radiotherapy to achieve best outcome

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 73, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 692-696

  Dona, Eddy ^a   Veness, Michael J ^a   Cakir, Burcu ^a   Morgan, Gary J ^a  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Head and neck; Metastasis; Parotidectomy; Radiotherapy; Relapse; Skin cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; PAROTID GLAND CARCINOMA; PAROTIDECTOMY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAROTID GLAND; PAROTID NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0142107467     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1445-2197.2003.02737.x     Document Type: Article

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