What is the role of sentinel lymph node biopsy in the management of oral cancer in 2010?

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 267, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 839-844

  Civantos, Francisco J ^a   Stoeckli, Sandro J ^b   Takes, Robert P ^c   Woolgar, Julia A ^d   De Bree, Remco ^e   Paleri, Vinidh ^f   Devaney, Kenneth O ^b   Rinaldo, Alessandra ^g   Silver, Carl E ^h   Mondin, Vanni ^g   Werner, Jochen A ⁱ   Ferlito, AlWo ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery ^*  (United States)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^e VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^f NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF UDINE   (Italy)

^h ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISTANT METASTASIS; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MOUTH CANCER; NECK DISSECTION; NECK METASTASIS; ORAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; WATCHFUL WAITING;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; NECK DISSECTION; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PROGNOSIS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 77955095910     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-010-1215-1     Document Type: Editorial

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