Management of cervical lymph node metastasis in tonsillar squamous cell carcinoma: Is it necessary to treat node-negative contralateral neck?

Auris Nasus Larynx

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 501-507

  Cho, Kwang Jae ^a   Joo, Young Hoon ^a   Sun, Dong Il ^a   Kim, Min Sik ^a  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Contralateral neck; Lymph node metastasis; Tonsillar cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAUSE SPECIFIC SURVIVAL; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK DISSECTION; OVERALL SURVIVAL; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; SEX RATIO; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURVIVAL TIME; TONSIL CARCINOMA; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; NECK DISSECTION; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; SURVIVAL RATE; TONSILLAR NEOPLASMS; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 79953055782     PISSN: 03858146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anl.2010.12.009     Document Type: Article

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