The sentinel node concept in head and neck cancer: Solution for the controversies in the NO neck?

Head and Neck

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 603-611

  Werner, Jochen A ^a   Dünne, Anja A ^a   Ramaswamy, Anette ^a   Dalchow, Carsten ^a   Behr, Thomas ^a   Moll, Roland ^a   Folz, Benedikt J ^a   Davis, R Kim ^b  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Neck dissection; NO neck; Occult lymph node metastases; Sentinel node

Indexed keywords

NANOCOLL TC 99M; TECHNETIUM 99M;

ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER STAGING; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NECK DISSECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; HYPOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; OROPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; TECHNETIUM TC 99M AGGREGATED ALBUMIN;

EID: 3042704070     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.20062     Document Type: Article

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