Cervical lymph node metastasis from early-stage squamous cell carcinoma of the oral tongue

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 133, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 544-551

  Yuasa Nakagawa, Keiko ^a   Shibuya, Hitoshi ^a   Yoshimura, Ryoichi ^b   Miura, Masahiko ^a   Watanabe, Hiroshi ^a   Kishimoto, Seiji ^a   Omura, Ken ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHOWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Low dose interstitial brachytherapy; Positive extracapsular spread; Postoperative radiotherapy; Radical neck dissection; Regional recurrence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER SIZE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NECK METASTASIS; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TONGUE CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRACHYTHERAPY; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; NECK DISSECTION; NEOPLASM STAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SALVAGE THERAPY; SURVIVAL RATE; TONGUE NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878029546     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: 16512553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00016489.2012.748988     Document Type: Article

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