Regional control of melanoma neck node metastasis after selective neck dissection with or without adjuvant radiotherapy

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 135, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 795-800

  Hamming Vrieze, Olga ^a,c   Balm, Alfons J M ^a,b   Heemsbergen, Wilma D ^a   Hooft Van Huysduynen, Thijs ^b   Rasch, Coen R N ^a  

^a ANTONI VAN LEEUWENHOEK HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CENTER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NECK DISSECTION; NECK METASTASIS; NETHERLANDS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NECK DISSECTION; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 68949162198     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: 08864470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archoto.2009.80     Document Type: Article

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