Extracapsular tumor extension in cervical lymph nodes: Reconciling the literature and seer data

Head and Neck

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 525-528

  Brannan, Amber G ^a   Johnstone, Peter A S ^a   Cooper, Jay ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Maimonides Cancer Center   (United States)

Author keywords

extracapsular extension; extracapsular spread; head and neck cancer; lymph node metastasis; SEER

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; NECK; SEER PROGRAM;

EID: 79952925204     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.21487     Document Type: Article

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