Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors of the head and neck: Management of 10 cases and literature review

Head and Neck

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 439-445

  Minovi, Amir ^a   Basten, Oliver ^a   Hunter, Ben ^b   Draf, Wolfgang ^a   Bockmühl, Ulrike ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b PLYMOUTH HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Head and neck; Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors; Malignant schwannoma; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIPHERAL NERVE TUMOR; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR BIOPSY; VAGUS NERVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NERVE SHEATH NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 34248369368     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.20537     Document Type: Review

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