Validity of sentinel lymph node (SLN) detection following adjuvant radiochemotherapy (RCT) in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC)

Technology in Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 655-660

  Wagner, Arne ^a   Kermer, Christian ^a   Zettinig, Georg ^a   Lang, Susanna ^a   Schicho, Kurt ^a   Noebauer, Iris ^a   Kainberger, Franz ^a   Selzer, Edgar ^a   Leitha, Thomas ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b DANUBE HOSPITAL   (Austria)

Author keywords

Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma; Lymphatic drainage pattern; Neck dissection; Sentinel lymph node

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL; MITOMYCIN; TECHNETIUM 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; MALE; NECK DISSECTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 37549007640     PISSN: 15330346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153303460700600610     Document Type: Article

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