Metastatic carcinoma of the neck of unknown primary origin: Evolution and efficacy of the modern workup

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 135, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1024-1029

  Waltonen, Joshua D ^a,b   Ozer, Enver ^a   Hall, Nathan C ^a   Schuller, David E ^a   Agrawal, Amit ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NECK METASTASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANENDOSCOPY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIMARY TUMOR; TONSILLECTOMY; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK DISSECTION; NEOPLASMS, UNKNOWN PRIMARY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 70350515118     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: 08864470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archoto.2009.145     Document Type: Article

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