Is elective neck dissection in T1-2, N0 patients with lower lip cancer necessary?

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 381-383

  Yilmaz, Sarper ^a   Ercocen, Ali Riza ^a  

^a CUMHURIYET UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Lower lip carcinoma; Neck dissection; Neck metastasis; Squamous carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIP CARCINOMA; LIP DISEASE; LIP SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; LIP ULCERATION; LOWER LIP; LYMPH FLOW; MALE; NECK; NECK DISSECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR BIOPSY;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIP NEOPLASMS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK DISSECTION; NEOPLASM STAGING; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE;

EID: 65949099305     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e318184ab14     Document Type: Article

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