Elective supraomohyoid neck dissection for oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma: Is dissection of sublevel IIB necessary?

Oral Oncology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 216-219

  Elsheikh, Mohamed N ^a   Rinaldo, Alessandra ^b   Ferlito, Alfio ^b   Fagan, Johannes J ^c   Suárez, Carlos ^d,e   Lowry, John ^f   Paleri, Vinidh ^g   Khafif, Avi ^h   Olofsson, Jan ⁱ  

^a TANTA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO CENTRAL DE ASTURIAS   (Spain)

^e DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOQUÍMICA Y BIOLOGÍA MOLECULAR   (Spain)

^f ROYAL BOLTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^g FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^h TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

ⁱ HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Neck metastasis; Oral cavity cancer; Squamous cell carcinoma; Sublevel IIB; Supraomohyoid neck dissection

Indexed keywords

ACCESSORY NERVE DISEASE; CANCER INCIDENCE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MORBIDITY; MOUTH CANCER; MOUTH SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; NECK DISSECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SUPRAOMOHYOID NECK DISSECTION; TONGUE CANCER;

ACCESSORY NERVE; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; NECK DISSECTION; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; RISK; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 39149145133     PISSN: 13688375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2007.06.006     Document Type: Review

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