Metastatic carcinoma to the cervical nodes from an unknown head and neck primary site: Is there a need for neck dissection?

Head and Neck

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 585-590

  Aslani, Maryam ^a   Sultanem, Khalil ^a   Voung, Te ^a   Hier, Michael ^b   Niazi, Tamim ^a   Shenouda, George ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Neck dissection; Neck nodes; Unknown primary

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; NECK DISSECTION; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC IRRADIATION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK DISSECTION; NEOPLASMS, UNKNOWN PRIMARY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 34548272010     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.20581     Document Type: Article

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