Pattern of cervical lymph node metastasis in tonsil cancer: Predictive factor analysis of contralateral and retropharyngeal lymph node metastasis

Oral Oncology

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 758-762

  Chung, Eun Jae ^a   Oh, Jeong In ^a   Choi, Kyu Young ^a   Lee, Dong Jin ^a   Park, Il Seok ^a   Kim, Jin Hwan ^a   Rho, Young Soo ^a,b  

^a Hallym University   (South Korea)

^b NONE   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Contralateral lymph node; Lymphatic metastasis; Retropharyngeal lymph node; Tonsil cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK DISSECTION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPHARYNGEAL LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TONSIL CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; NECK DISSECTION; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; PHARYNX; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TONSILLAR NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79960700504     PISSN: 13688375     EISSN: 18790593     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2011.05.013     Document Type: Article

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