Which paragangliomas of the head and neck have a higher rate of malignancy?

Oral Oncology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 458-460

  Rinaldo, Alessandra ^a   Ferlito, Alfio ^a   Myssiorek, David ^b   Devaney, Kenneth O ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF UDINE   (Italy)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Foote Health System   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE METASTASIS; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CAROTID BODY TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DNA DETERMINATION; EDITORIAL; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LARYNX CARCINOMA; LUNG METASTASIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MITOSIS RATE; NOSE CAVITY CANCER; PARAGANGLIOMA; PARANASAL SINUS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; PARAGANGLIOMA; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 1542360074     PISSN: 13688375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2003.08.018     Document Type: Editorial

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