The association of lymph node volume with cervical metastatic lesions in head and neck cancer patients

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 266, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 883-887

  Liang, Ming Tai ^a   Chen, Clayton Chi Chang ^a   Wang, Ching Ping ^a,b   Wang, Chen Chi ^a,b   Lin, Whe Dar ^c   Liu, Shih An ^a,b  

^a TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c OVERSEAS CHINESE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cervical metastasis; Computerized tomography; Head and neck cancer; Predictive factor; Volume

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK DISSECTION; NECROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TAIWAN; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 67349140663     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-008-0818-2     Document Type: Article

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