Clinical efficacy of primary tumor volume measurements: Comparison of different primary sites

Clinical and Experimental Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 78-84

  Chung, Eun Jae ^a   Lee, Nam Joon ^b   Baek, Seung Kuk ^a   Kwon, Soon Young ^a   Woo, Jeong Soo ^a   Jung, Kwang Yoon ^a,b  

^a Departments of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery   (South Korea)

^b Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Lymphatic metastasis; Mouth neoplasm; Oropharyngeal neoplasm; Prognosis; Tumor volume

Indexed keywords

EID: 67651233289     PISSN: 19768710     EISSN: 20050720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3342/ceo.2009.2.2.78     Document Type: Article

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