Unknown primary cancer of the head and neck: A multidisciplinary approach

Clinical and Translational Oncology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 88-97

  Cerezo, Laura ^a   Raboso, Eduardo ^a   Ballesteros, Ana Isabel ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE LA PRINCESA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cervical lymph node metastases; Chemotherapy; Head and neck cancer; Molecular biology; Neck dissection; Radiotherapy; Unknown primary cancer

Indexed keywords

BEVACIZUMAB; CA 125 ANTIGEN; CA 15-3 ANTIGEN; CARBOPLATIN; CETUXIMAB; CISPLATIN; CYTOKERATIN 10; CYTOKERATIN 13; CYTOKERATIN 14; CYTOKERATIN 18; CYTOKERATIN 19; CYTOKERATIN 5; CYTOKERATIN 6; CYTOKERATIN 8; DOCETAXEL; ERLOTINIB; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE; FLUOROURACIL; GENOMIC DNA; PACLITAXEL; PROTEIN P16; RETINOBLASTOMA PROTEIN; THYROGLOBULIN; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS RNA;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BRONCHOSCOPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER OF UNKNOWN PRIMARY SITE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LARYNGOSCOPY; LARYNX CARCINOMA; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHOEPITHELIOMA; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; MOUTH CARCINOMA; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; NECK DISSECTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCULT CANCER; OROPHARYNX CARCINOMA; OVERALL SURVIVAL; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; REVIEW; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURVIVAL TIME; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TONSILLECTOMY; VIRUS GENOME; ALGORITHM; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; METASTASIS; METHODOLOGY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY;

ALGORITHMS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; NEOPLASMS, UNKNOWN PRIMARY;

EID: 79957994713     PISSN: 1699048X     EISSN: 16993055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12094-011-0624-y     Document Type: Review

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