Neck involvement in early carcinoma of tongue. Is elective neck dissection warranted?

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 305-307

  Akhtar, Shabbir ^a   Ikram, Mubasher ^a   Ghaffar, Shehzad ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; GLOSSECTOMY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROMETASTASIS; NECK DISSECTION; NECK METASTASIS; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TONGUE CARCINOMA; CANCER STAGING; FOLLOW UP; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; TONGUE TUMOR;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLOSSECTOMY; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK DISSECTION; NEOPLASM STAGING; TONGUE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 38549128941     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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