Management of Malignant Submandibular Gland Tumors

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 123, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 896-904

  Rinaldo, Alessandra ^a   Ferlito, Alfio ^a,h   Pellitteri, Phillip K ^b   Robbins, K Thomas ^c   Shaha, Ashok R ^d   Bradley, Patrick J ^e   Kowalski, Luiz P ^f   Wei, William I ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^b GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Depts Otolaryngol Hd Neck Surg   (United States)

^d MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^e QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^f A C CAMARGO CANCER CENTER   (Brazil)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^h UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EMBRYOLOGY; HUMAN; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SALIVARY GLAND TUMOR; SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND; SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND TUMOR;

HUMANS; SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0242383479     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016480310016406     Document Type: Review

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