Retropharyngeal lymph node metastases in head and neck malignancies

Head and Neck

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1520-1529

  Coskun, H Hakan ^a   Ferlito, Alfio ^b   Medina, Jesus E ^c   Robbins, K Thomas ^d   Rodrigo, Juan P ^e,f   Strojan, Primož ^g   Suárez, Carlos ^e,f   Takes, Robert P ^h   Woolgar, Julia A ⁱ   Shaha, Ashok R ^j   De Bree, Remco ^k   Rinaldo, Alessandra ^b   Silver, Carl E ^l  

^a ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^d SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Hospital Universitario   (Spain)

^f DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOQUÍMICA Y BIOLOGÍA MOLECULAR   (Spain)

^g INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Slovenia)

^h RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^j MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^k VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^l ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Author keywords

diagnosis; head and neck cancer; incidence; management; metastases; retropharyngeal lymph nodes

Indexed keywords

CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER THERAPY; EAR NOSE THROAT SURGERY; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HUMAN; LARYNX CANCER; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAXILLA SINUS CARCINOMA; MAXILLA SINUS TUMOR; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; OROPHARYNX CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPHARYNGEAL LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; REVIEW; TONSIL CARCINOMA;

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; PHARYNX;

EID: 80052975053     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.21526     Document Type: Review

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