Elective radiotherapy or neck dissection for CT-staged T1-2N0 oral tongue cancer

Head and Neck

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1428-1430

  Hsu, Meng Yu ^a   Wang, Chen Chi ^a  

^a TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; GLOSSECTOMY; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LETTER; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MOUTH LESION; NECK DISSECTION; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TONGUE CANCER; XEROSTOMIA;

ALGORITHMS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; HUMANS; NECK DISSECTION; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; TONGUE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 78649452117     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.21525     Document Type: Letter

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