Distributions of cervical lymph node metastases in oropharyngeal carcinoma: Therapeutic implications for the N0 neck

Laryngoscope

Volumn 116, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1148-1152

  Lim, Young Chang ^a   Koo, Bon Seok ^b   Lee, Jin Seok ^b   Lim, Jae Yol ^b   Choi, Eun Chang ^b  

^a Konkuk University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Lymph node metastasis; N0 neck; Oropharynx; Squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK DISSECTION; OROPHARYNX CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TONGUE CANCER; TONSIL CANCER; CANCER STAGING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LYMPH NODE; METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; OROPHARYNX TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; NECK DISSECTION; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; OROPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33747204060     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mlg.0000217543.40027.1d     Document Type: Article

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