Refinement of selection criteria to perform ultrasound guided aspiration cytology during follow-up in patients with early staged oral cavity carcinoma and initially cN0 necks

Oral Oncology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 391-394

  Rodjan, Firazia ^a   De Bree, Remco ^a   Weijs, Jelmer ^a   Knol, Dirk L ^a   Leemans, C René ^a   Castelijns, Jonas A ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Head and neck cancer; Lymph nodes; Oral cancer; Ultrasound guided fine needle aspiration cytology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; CANCER STAGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; MOUTH CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND GUIDED FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PATIENT SELECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79956206068     PISSN: 13688375     EISSN: 18790593     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2011.02.023     Document Type: Article

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