Stereological evaluation of laryngeal cancers using computed tomography via the Cavalieri method: Correlation between tumor volume and number of neck lymph node metastases

Journal of Craniofacial Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1504-1507

  Yoruk, Ozgur ^a   Dane, Senol ^b   Ucuncu, Harun ^a   Aktan, Bulent ^a   Can, Ismail ^a  

^a ATATURK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b FATIH UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cavalieri; Laryngeal cancer; Lateralization; Lymph nodes; Metastasis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LARYNX CANCER; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NECK DISSECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOLOGY; STEREOMETRY; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 70349654110     PISSN: 10492275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SCS.0b013e3181b09bc3     Document Type: Article

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