Need for neck dissection: A premature epitaph for "obsolete paradigm"? in regard to Clavel et al (Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2012;82:e567-e573)

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 483-484

  Puri, Abhishek ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER SURVIVAL; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LETTER; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; NECK DISSECTION; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; MALE; NECK DISSECTION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84861024059     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2012.01.066     Document Type: Letter

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