Cystic lymph node metastasis in patients with head and neck cancer: An HPV-associated phenomenon

Head and Neck

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 898-903

  Goldenberg, David ^a   Begum, Shahnaz ^b   Westra, William H ^b   Khan, Zubair ^c   Sciubba, James ^c   Pal, Sara I ^c   Califano, Joseph A ^c   Tufano, Ralph P ^c   Koch, Wayne M ^c  

^a PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cystic neck mass; Head and neck cancer; Human papillomavirus; Lymph nodal metastasis; Oropharyngeal cancer

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CYSTIC LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; CYTOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; NECK DISSECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TONSIL CARCINOMA; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; WART VIRUS;

AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TONSILLAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 47549119721     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.20796     Document Type: Article

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