The need for a better prognostic staging system in patients with metastatic cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck

Current Opinion in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 103-106

  Palme, Carsten E ^a,b   MacKay, Stuart G ^a   Kalnins, Ian ^a   Morgan, Gary J ^a   Veness, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Metastatic cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma; Parotid gland; Regional lymph nodes; Staging system

Indexed keywords

CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; DISEASE COURSE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34247118710     PISSN: 10689508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOO.0b013e3280586723     Document Type: Review

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