Elective neck dissection for carcinomas of the oral cavity: occult metastases, neck recurrences, and adjuvant treatment of pathologically positive necks

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 191, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 756-760

  Zbären, Peter ^a   Nuyens, Michel ^a   Caversaccio, Marco ^a   Stauffer, Edouard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adjuvant radiation; Occult metastases; Oral cavity carcinoma; Regional recurrence; Supraomohyoid neck dissection

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MICROMETASTASIS; MOUTH CARCINOMA; NECK DISSECTION; NECK METASTASIS; OCCULT CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; NECK DISSECTION; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33646584192     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2006.01.052     Document Type: Article

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