Radiotherapeutic management of cervical lymph node metastases from an unknown primary site

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 138, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 656-661

  Perkins, Stephanie M ^a   Spencer, Christopher R ^a   Chernock, Rebecca D ^b   Haughey, Bruce H ^b   Nussenbaum, Brian ^b   Adkins, Douglas R ^b   Kuperman, David I ^b   Thorstad, Wade L ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAUSE SPECIFIC SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OVERALL SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; LASER THERAPY; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, UNKNOWN PRIMARY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84864030909     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: 1538361X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archoto.2012.1110     Document Type: Article

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