Role of neck dissection following concurrent chemoradiation for advanced head and neck carcinoma

Head and Neck

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1099-1105

  Forest, Véronique Isabelle ^a   Nguyen Tan, Phuc Félix ^a   Tabet, Jean Claude ^a   Olivier, Marie Jo ^a   Larochelle, Daniel ^a   Fortin, Bernard ^a   Gélinas, Michel ^a   Soulières, Denis ^a   Charpentier, Danielle ^a   Guertin, Louis ^a  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Concurrent chemoradiation; Lymph nodes; Neck dissection; Neck management; Regional recurrence; Squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

PLATINUM DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SIZE; CANCER SURGERY; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK DISSECTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADULT; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DOSE FRACTIONATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK DISSECTION; PLATINUM COMPOUNDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33845317895     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.20479     Document Type: Article

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