Pattern of lymph node metastases in squamous cell carcinoma of the tonsil: Implication for selective neck dissection

Oral Oncology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 212-217

  Da Mosto, Maria Cristina ^a   Zanetti, Federica ^a   Boscolo Rizzo, Paolo ^a  

^a Regional Center for Head and Neck Cancer   (Italy)

Author keywords

Lymph nodes; Neck dissection; Oropharynx; Tonsillar carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK DISSECTION; PRIMARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TONSIL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; ITALY; MIDDLE AGED; PALATINE TONSIL; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; SECONDARY; TONSILLAR NEOPLASMS; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK DISSECTION; PALATINE TONSIL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TONSILLAR NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 60549108897     PISSN: 13688375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2008.05.004     Document Type: Article

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