The Role of Computed Tomographic Scans in the Management of the N-Positive Neck in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma After Chemoradiotherapy

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 74-77

  Velázquez, Rubén A ^a   McGuff, H Stan ^a   Sycamore, David ^a   Miller, Frank R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN; DOCETAXEL; FLUOROURACIL; IFOSFAMIDE; PACLITAXEL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HEAD CANCER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METASTASIS; NECK CANCER; NECK DISSECTION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; NECK DISSECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 18844480794     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archotol.130.1.74     Document Type: Article

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