Sentinel lymph node biopsy in squamous cell carcinomas of the lips and the oral cavity - A single center experience

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 97-105

  Frerich, Bernhard ^a,b   Förster, Marcus ^a   Schiefke, Franziska ^a   Wittekind, Christian ^a   Hemprich, Alexander ^a   Sabri, Osama ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery   (Germany)

Author keywords

Lip and oral cavity; Sentinel biopsy; Squamous cell carcinoma; Staging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIP CARCINOMA; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH CARCINOMA; NECK DISSECTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIP; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH MUCOSA; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; NECK DISSECTION; NEOPLASM STAGING; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 33846899733     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: 10969098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jso.20664     Document Type: Article

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