Sinonasal undifferentiated carcinoma: An update

Current Opinion in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 222-225

  Enepekides, Danny J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Craniofacial resection; Sinonasal carcinoma; Skull base surgery

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN;

CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CRANIOFACIAL SURGERY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; NOSE CARCINOMA; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PARANASAL SINUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; REVIEW; SKULL SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CARCINOMA; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PARANASAL SINUS NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 22344437936     PISSN: 10689508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.moo.0000172806.56382.eb     Document Type: Review

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