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Oral Oncology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 115-122

  Wei, William I ^a   Ferlito, Alfio ^b   Rinaldo, Alessandra ^b   Gourin, Christine G ^c   Lowry, John ^d   Ho, Wai Kuen ^a   Leemans, C René ^e   Shaha, Ashok R ^f   Suárez, Carlos ^g,h   Clayman, Gary L ⁱ   Robbins, K Thomas ^j   Bradley, Patrick J ^k   Silver, Carl E ^l  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF UDINE   (Italy)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d ROYAL BOLTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^g HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO CENTRAL DE ASTURIAS   (Spain)

^h DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOQUÍMICA Y BIOLOGÍA MOLECULAR   (Spain)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

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

^k QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^l ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Author keywords

Elective neck dissection; Elective neck irradiation; N0 neck; Neck dissection; Squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; NECK; NECK DISSECTION; PATIENT SELECTION;

EID: 30844467536     PISSN: 13688375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2005.04.006     Document Type: Review

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