Prevalence and localization of nodal metastases in squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity: Role and extension of neck dissection

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 263, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1131-1135

  De Zinis, Luca Oscar Redaelli ^a   Bolzoni, Andrea ^a   Piazza, Cesare ^a   Nicolai, Piero ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Lymph node metastasis; Neck dissection; Oral cavity; Squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LOG RANK TEST; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MOUTH CARCINOMA; MOUTH CAVITY; NECK DISSECTION; OCCULT CANCER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT CANCER; SALVAGE THERAPY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURVIVAL RATE; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; NECK DISSECTION; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33750692329     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-006-0128-5     Document Type: Article

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