Elective and therapeutic selective neck dissection

Oral Oncology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 13-24

  Ferlito, Alfio ^a   Rinaldo, Alessandra ^a   Silver, Carl E ^b   Gourin, Christine G ^c   Shah, Jatin P ^d   Clayman, Gary L ^e   Kowalski, Luiz P ^f   Shaha, Ashok R ^d   Robbins, K Thomas ^g   Suárez, Carlos ^h,i   Leemans, C René ^j   Ambrosch, Petra ^k   Medina, Jesus E ^l   Weber, Randal S ^e   Genden, Eric M ^m   Pellitteri, Phillip K ⁿ   Werner, Jochen A ^o   Myers, Eugene N ^p  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF UDINE   (Italy)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^f A C CAMARGO CANCER CENTER   (Brazil)

^g SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO CENTRAL DE ASTURIAS   (Spain)

ⁱ DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOQUÍMICA Y BIOLOGÍA MOLECULAR   (Spain)

^j VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^k UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^l UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^m MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁿ GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^o Head and Neck Surgery ^*  (Germany)

^p UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Author keywords

Comprehensive neck dissection; Elective neck dissection; Head and neck cancer; Modified radical neck dissection; Radical neck dissection; Selective neck dissection; Sentinel lymph node

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CERVICAL LYMPHADENOPATHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LARYNX CARCINOMA; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MORBIDITY; MOUTH CARCINOMA; NECK CANCER; NECK DISSECTION; NECK METASTASIS; OROPHARYNX CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 29244431699     PISSN: 13688375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2005.03.009     Document Type: Review

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