Detection of lymph node micrometastases in patients with squamous carcinoma of the head and neck

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 265, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1147-1153

  Ferlito, Alfio ^a   Rinaldo, Alessandra ^a   Devaney, Kenneth O ^b   Nakashiro, Koh Ichi ^c   Hamakawa, Hiroyuki ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF UDINE   (Italy)

^b Foote Health System   (United States)

^c EHIME UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Head and neck cancer; Immunohistochemistry; Isolated tumor cells; Micrometastases; Molecular analysis

Indexed keywords

CANCER PATIENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HEAD AND NECK SQUAMOUS CARCINOMA; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPH NODE MICROMETASTASIS; MICROMETASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR CELL;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DNA, NEOPLASM; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 50649088377     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-008-0715-8     Document Type: Review

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