Sentinel lymph node biopsy as an alternative to wait and see policy in patients with small T1 oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 98-102

  Keski Säntti, Harri ^a   Kontio, Risto ^a   Leivo, Ilmo ^b   Törnwall, Jyrki ^a   Mätzke, Sorjo ^a   Mäkitie, Antti A ^a   Atula, Timo ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Elective neck dissection; Head and neck cancer; Metastases; Oral cancer; Sentinel node biopsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; METASTASIS; MICROMETASTASIS; MOUTH CARCINOMA; NECK DISSECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; NECK DISSECTION; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE;

EID: 37549019353     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: 16512553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016480701362002     Document Type: Article

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