The topography of cervical lymph node metastases revisited: the histological findings in 526 sides of neck dissection from 439 previously untreated patients

International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 219-225

  Woolgar, J A ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY DENTAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cervical nodes; metastases; metastatic patterns; oral and oropharyngeal cancer; squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALVEOLAR BONE; ARTICLE; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CHEEK MUCOSA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROMETASTASIS; MOUTH CANCER; NECK DISSECTION; OROPHARYNX CANCER; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TONGUE CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; NECK; NECK DISSECTION; NEOPLASM STAGING; OROPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33846679039     PISSN: 09015027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijom.2006.10.014     Document Type: Article

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