Impact of distant metastasis in patients with cervical lymph node metastases from cancer of an unknown primary site

Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology

Volumn 118, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 662-669

  Rödel, Ralph M W ^a,b   Matthias, Christoph ^a   Blomeyer, Barbara D ^a   Wolff, Hendrik A ^a   Jung, Klaus ^a   Christiansen, Hans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cancer of unknown primary; Distant metastasis; Neck lymph node metastasis; Treatment result

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER OF UNKNOWN PRIMARY SITE; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPINE CANCER; DISTANT METASTASIS; HUMAN; IRRADIATION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NECK CANCER; NECK DISSECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 70349470933     PISSN: 00034894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000348940911800911     Document Type: Article

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