Do pathologic and molecular analyses of neck dissection specimens justify the preservation of level IV for laryngeal squamous carcinoma with clinically negative neck?

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 202, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 320-323

  Elsheikh, Mohamed N ^a   Ferlito, Alfio ^b,h   Rinaldo, Alessandra ^b   Shaha, Ashok R ^c   Khafif, Avi ^d   Coskun, H Hakan ^e   Kowalski, Luiz P ^f   Medina, Jesus E ^g  

^a TANTA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^c MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^e ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^f A C CAMARGO CANCER CENTER   (Brazil)

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

^h UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN 19; CYTOKERATIN 20;

CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER STAGING; CHYLE; CRICOID; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LARYNX CARCINOMA; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; NECK DISSECTION; NERVE INJURY; PHRENIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TISSUE PRESERVATION;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; NECK DISSECTION; NEOPLASM STAGING;

EID: 30944437392     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2005.09.012     Document Type: Review

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