Neck dissection after chemoradiation for carcinoma of the upper aerodigestive tract: Indications and complications

Current Opinion in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 89-94

  Malone, James ^a   Robbins, K Thomas ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemoradiation; Complications; Dissection; Neck; PET CT

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; DYSPHAGIA; FIBROSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL CARCINOMA; GRAFT NECROSIS; HUMAN; NECK DISSECTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SHOULDER DISEASE; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; WOUND HEALING;

ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FIBROSIS; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; NECK DISSECTION; NEOPLASM STAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RADIOTHERAPY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77949601847     PISSN: 10689508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOO.0b013e32833693e7     Document Type: Review

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