Nodal metastases at level IIb during neck dissection for head and neck cancer: Clinical and pathologic evaluation

Head and Neck

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1483-1487

  Santoro, Roberto ^a   Franchi, Alessandro ^a   Gallo, Oreste ^a   Burali, Giulia ^a   De'Campora, Enrico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Head and neck cancer; Level IIb; Neck dissection; Pathological findings; T classification

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHARYNX CANCER; LARYNX CANCER; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MOUTH CANCER; NECK DISSECTION; OROPHARYNX CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; ITALY; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; NECK DISSECTION; NEOPLASM STAGING; OROPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 55549139816     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.20907     Document Type: Article

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