Delphian node metastasis in head and neck cancers - Oracle or myth?

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 354-358

  Iyer, N Gopalakrishna ^a   Shaha, Ashok R ^a   Ferlito, Alfio ^b   Robbins, K Thomas ^c   Medina, Jesus E ^d   Silver, Carl E ^e   Rinaldo, Alessandra ^b   Takes, Robert P ^f   Suárez, Carlos ^g,h   Rodrigo, Juan P ^g,h   Bradley, Patrick J ⁱ   Werner, Jochen A ^j  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^e ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^g HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO CENTRAL DE ASTURIAS   (Spain)

^h DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOQUÍMICA Y BIOLOGÍA MOLECULAR   (Spain)

ⁱ NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^j PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

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Author keywords

Central compartment; Level VI; Pre cricoid; Pre laryngeal

Indexed keywords

CANCER SURGERY; CRICOID; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; HYPOPHARYNX CANCER; LARYNX; LARYNX CANCER; LARYNX SURGERY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; NOMENCLATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THYROID CANCER; THYROID SURGERY;

HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; HYPOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; PROGNOSIS; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77956602093     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: 10969098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jso.21640     Document Type: Review

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