Predictive value of sentinel node biopsy in head and neck cancer

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 128, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 920-924

  Chone, Carlos T ^a,b   Magalhães, Rodrigo S ^a   Etchehebere, Elba ^a   Camargo, Edwaldo ^a   Altemani, Albina ^a   Crespo, Agricio N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cancer; Head and neck; Lymphatic metastasis; Lymphoscintigraphy; Sentinel node

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LARYNX CANCER; LIP CANCER; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MICROMETASTASIS; MOUTH CANCER; NECK DISSECTION; OROPHARYNX CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM STAGING; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 46849094914     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: 16512553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016480701760114     Document Type: Article

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