A systematic review and Number Needed to Treat analysis to guide the management of the neck in patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck

Auris Nasus Larynx

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 702-709

  Tandon, Sankalap ^a,b   Munir, Nazia ^a,b   Roland, Nicholas J ^a   Lancaster, Jeffrey ^a   Jackson, Shaun R ^a   Jones, Terry M ^a,b  

^a ROYAL LIVERPOOL AND BROADGREEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hypopharynx; Larynx; Neck dissection; Number Needed to Treat; Oral cavity; Oropharynx; Squamous cell carcinoma; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; DATA ANALYSIS; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HUMAN; HYPOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; LARYNX CARCINOMA; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MOUTH CARCINOMA; NECK DISSECTION; NUMBER NEEDED TO TREAT ANALYSIS; OCCULT CANCER; OROPHARYNX CARCINOMA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; NECK;

EID: 79960021182     PISSN: 03858146     EISSN: 18791476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anl.2010.12.014     Document Type: Article

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