Micrometastases in cervical lymph nodes from patients with squamous carcinoma of the head and neck: should they be actively sought? Maybe

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 271-274

  Devaney, Kenneth O ^a   Rinaldo, Alessandra ^b   Ferlito, Alfio ^b  

^a Foote Health System   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER SIZE; CELL ISOLATION; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MICROMETASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; NECK;

EID: 34250837385     PISSN: 01960709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2006.09.017     Document Type: Article

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