Functional anatomy of the lymphatic drainage system of the upper aerodigestive tract and its role in metastasis of squamous cell carcinoma

Head and Neck

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 322-332

  Werner, Jochen A ^a   Dünne, Anja A ^a   Myers, Jeffrey N ^b  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Head and neck cancer; Lymph node; Metastasis; Sentinel node; System; Upper aerodigestive tract

Indexed keywords

DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHARYNX; LARYNX; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; LYMPHOGRAPHY; METASTASIS; MOUTH CAVITY; NASOPHARYNX; OROPHARYNX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; REVIEW; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; LYMPHOGRAPHY; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM;

EID: 0347296104     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.10257     Document Type: Review

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