Selective neck dissection: A review of the evidence

Oral Oncology

Volumn 45, Issue 4-5, 2009, Pages 416-420

  Pagedar, Nitin A ^a   Gilbert, Ralph W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Oral cancer; Oropharynx cancer; Selective neck dissection

Indexed keywords

CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MOUTH CANCER; NECK DISSECTION; NECK METASTASIS; OROPHARYNX CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SALVAGE THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; NECK DISSECTION; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; OROPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; SALVAGE THERAPY;

EID: 67349223961     PISSN: 13688375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2008.09.001     Document Type: Review

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