Management of clinically negative neck for the patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinomas in the modern era

Oral Oncology

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 817-822

  Bar Ad, Voichita ^a   Chalian, Ara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical negative neck; Head and neck carcinoma; Treatment

Indexed keywords

CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTIVE SURGERY; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HUMAN; NECK DISSECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; NECK DISSECTION; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE;

EID: 50149107587     PISSN: 13688375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2007.12.003     Document Type: Review

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