Extent of surgical intervention in case of N0 neck in head and neck cancer patients: An analysis of data collection of 39 hospitals

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 261, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 295-303

  Dunne A A ^a   Folz, B J ^a   Kuropkat, C ^a   Werner, J A ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

N0 neck; Neck dissection; Sentinel node; Squamous cell carcinoma; Treatment concept; Wait and see policy

Indexed keywords

CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; GERMANY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HYPOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; LARYNX CANCER; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MOUTH CARCINOMA; NECK DISSECTION; OROPHARYNX CARCINOMA; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK DISSECTION; NEOPLASM STAGING; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 3242888973     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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