Current state of neck dissection in the United States

Head and Neck Pathology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 238-245

  Seethala, Raja R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Head and neck; Isolated tumor cells; Micrometastasis; Neck dissection; Sentinel node; Squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; METHODOLOGY; NECK DISSECTION; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STANDARD; UNITED STATES; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; TRENDS;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; NECK DISSECTION; NEOPLASM STAGING; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70349195838     PISSN: 1936055X     EISSN: 19360568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12105-009-0129-y     Document Type: Article

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