Usefulness of the new classification for regional extension on CT of head and neck cancer;Utilidad de la nueva clasificación de la extensión regional en TC del cáncer de cabeza y cuello

Acta Otorrinolaringologica Espanola

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 97-101

  Plaza Mayor, Guillermo ^a,b   Aparicio, J M ^a   Ferrando, J ^a   De Los Santos, G ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO FUNDACIÓN ALCORCÓN   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Classification; CT; Head and neck cancer; Level; Regional extension; TNM

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; CANCER STAGING; CLASSIFICATION; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; RADIOGRAPHY;

HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 3242726146     PISSN: 00016519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0001-6519(04)78490-3     Document Type: Article

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