"Skip Metastases" from head and neck cancers

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 122, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 788-791

  Ferlito, Alfio ^a,e   Shaha, Ashok R ^b   Rinaldo, Alessandra ^a   Pellitteri, Phillip K ^c   Mondin, Vanni ^a   Byers, Robert M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER STAGING; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; EDITORIAL; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 18744387963     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/003655402/000028056     Document Type: Editorial

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