How many nodes are needed to stage a neck? A critical appraisal

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 267, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 785-791

  Köhler, Hugo Fontan ^a   Kowalski, Luiz P ^a  

^a A C CAMARGO CANCER CENTER   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Disease free survival; Lymphatic metastasis; Mouth neoplasms; Neck dissection; Neoplasm staging; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH CARCINOMA; NECK DISSECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 77954536872     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-009-1144-z     Document Type: Article

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