Occult cervical lymph node metastases in 100 consecutive patients with cN0 tongue cancer

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 121, Issue 19, 2008, Pages 1871-1874

  Jin, Wu Long ^a   Ye, Wei Min ^b   Zheng, Jia Wei ^b   Zhou, Liang ^a   Zhu, Han Guang ^b   Zhang, Zhi Yuan ^b   Tian, Jie ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Neck dissection; Occult cervical lymph node metastases; Pathology; Squamous cell carcinoma; Tongue cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER GRADING; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER INVASION; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER SIZE; CANCER STAGING; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK DISSECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TONGUE CARCINOMA;

EID: 54349097331     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00029330-200810010-00004     Document Type: Article

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