Transoral robotic biopsy of the tongue base: A novel paradigm in the evaluation of unknown primary tumors of the head and neck

Head and Neck

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Abuzeid, Waleed M ^a   Bradford, Carol R ^a   Divi, Vasu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

biopsy; carcinoma; diagnosis; robotic; unknown

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE; NYSTATIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER OF UNKNOWN PRIMARY SITE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL LYMPHADENOPATHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG UPTAKE; FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY; HEAD AND NECK SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MICROLARYNGOSCOPY; MORBIDITY; NECK DISSECTION; NECK TUMOR; ODYNOPHAGIA; ORAL BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROBOTICS; SUBMUCOSA; THRUSH; TRANSORAL ROBOTIC BIOPSY; TUMOR VOLUME; WART VIRUS;

BIOPSY; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, UNKNOWN PRIMARY; ROBOTICS; TONGUE;

EID: 84875382412     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.21968     Document Type: Article

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