Usefulness of narrow-band imaging for detecting the primary tumor site in patients with primary unknown cervical lymph node metastasis

Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 537-541

  Hayashi, Tomomasa ^a,b,c   Muto, Manabu ^d   Hayashi, Ryuichi ^c   Minashi, Keiko ^c   Yano, Tomonori ^c   Kishimoto, Seiji ^b   Ebihara, Satoshi ^a  

^a Sasaki Foundation Kyoundo Hospital   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL EAST   (Japan)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

NBI; Neck lymph node metastasis; Pharynx; Primary unknown cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; HYPOPHARYNX TUMOR; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAGNIFYING ENDOSCOPY; MALE; NARROW BAND IMAGING; OROPHARYNX TUMOR; PRIMARY TUMOR; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER OF UNKNOWN PRIMARY SITE; ENDOSCOPY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NECK; NEEDLE BIOPSY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; NEOPLASMS, UNKNOWN PRIMARY;

EID: 77953475237     PISSN: 03682811     EISSN: 14653621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jjco/hyp197     Document Type: Article

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