Clinical outcome following radiotherapy and planned neck dissection in N+ head and neck cancer patients

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 128, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1354-1360

  Ahlberg, Alexander ^a   Lagerlund, Magnus ^a,b   Lewin, Freddi ^c,d   Friesland, Signe ^a   Lundgren, Jan ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KALMAR COUNTY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c RYHOV COUNTY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d Swedish Match   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Clinical outcome; Head and neck cancer; Histopathological outcome; Neck dissection; Planned neck dissection; Preoperative radiotherapy; Radiotherapy and neck dissection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; NECK DISSECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; NECK DISSECTION; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SWEDEN;

EID: 57349095235     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: 16512553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016480801964996     Document Type: Article

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