Ultrasound-guided aspiration cytology for the assessment of the clinically N0 neck: Factors influencing its accuracy

Head and Neck

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1505-1513

  Borgemeester, Maarten C ^a,b   Van Den Brekel, Michiel W M ^a,b   Van Tinteren, Harm ^a   Smeele, Ludi E ^a,b   Pameijer, Frank A ^a   Van Velthuysen, Marie Louise F ^a   Balm, Alfons J M ^a,b  

^a ANTONI VAN LEEUWENHOEK HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fine needle aspiration cytology; Head and neck; N0 neck; Squamous cell carcinoma; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH CANCER; NECK DISSECTION; NECK METASTASIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PALPATION; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT PLANNING; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND GUIDED FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK DISSECTION; NEOPLASM STAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 55549114735     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.20903     Document Type: Article

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