Desmoid tumor of the head and neck

Head and Neck

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1008-1013

  Wang, Cheng Ping ^a   Chang, Yih Leong ^a   Ko, Jenq Yuh ^a   Cheng, Chia Hsien ^a   Yeh, Chun Fong ^b   Lou, Pei Jen ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b BUDDHIST TZU CHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Desmoid tumor; Fibromatosis; Head; Neck; Radiotherapy; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DESMOID TUMOR; FASCIA; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; HYPOPHARYNX TUMOR; MALE; NEWBORN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FIBROMATOSIS, AGGRESSIVE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33750355385     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.20467     Document Type: Article

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