Carcinoma metastatic to cervical lymph nodes from an occult primary tumor: The outcome after combined-modality therapy

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1575-1582

  Boscolo Rizzo, Paolo ^a,c   Gava, Alessandro ^b   Mosto, Maria Cristina Da ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Regional Hospital   (Italy)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Head and neck cancer; Neck dissection; Occult primary; Radiotherapy; Treatment; Unknown primary

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCULT CANCER; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK DISSECTION; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASMS, UNKNOWN PRIMARY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34249003077     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-006-9329-9     Document Type: Article

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