Metastatic cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma of the external ear: A high-risk cutaneous subsite

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 26-31

  Turner, S J ^a   Morgan, G J ^a   Palme, C E ^a,b   Veness, M J ^a,b  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Auricle; Radiotherapy; Skin cancer; Squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER RELAPSE; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CERVICAL METASTASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISTANT METASTASIS; EAR SURGERY; EXTERNAL EAR; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; METASTATIC CUTANEOUS SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NECK DISSECTION; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PAROTID METASTASIS; PAROTIDECTOMY; SKIN CARCINOMA; SKIN METASTASIS; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; EAR NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK DISSECTION; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; PAROTID NEOPLASMS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 75149193815     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: 17485460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022215109991101     Document Type: Article

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