Neck dissection: An operation in evaluation

World Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 3, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Shaha, Ashok R ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CISPLATIN;

CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; EDITORIAL; FOLLOW UP; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; NECK DISSECTION; NEUTROPENIA; PHARYNX DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZATION; STANDARDIZATION; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 27444437063     PISSN: 14777819     EISSN: 14777819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7819-3-22     Document Type: Editorial

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