Is the standard radical neck dissection no longer standard?

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 122, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 792-795

  Ferlito, Alfio ^a,j   Kowalski, Luiz P ^b   Byers, Robert M ^c   Pellitteri, Phillip K ^d   Bradley, Patrick J ^e   Rinaldo, Alessandra ^a   Silver, Carl E ^f   Wei, William I ^g   Shaha, Ashok R ^h   Medina, Jesus E ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^b A C CAMARGO CANCER CENTER   (Brazil)

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

^d GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^f ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^h MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF UDINE   (Italy)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CANCER SURGERY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; NECK DISSECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; STANDARD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; NECK DISSECTION; NEOPLASM STAGING;

EID: 18744387683     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/003655402/000028042     Document Type: Editorial

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