Incidence of subclinical nodal disease at the time of salvage surgery for locally recurrent head and neck cancer initially treated with definitive radiation therapy

American Journal of Clinical Oncology: Cancer Clinical Trials

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 475-480

  Yirmibesoglu, Eda ^a,b   Fried, David ^b   Shores, Carol ^b   Rosenman, Julian ^b   Weissler, Mark ^b   Hackman, Trevor ^b   Chera, Bhishamjit S ^b  

^a KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA HOSPITALS   (United States)

Author keywords

Head and neck cancer; Radiation therapy; Recurrent; Salvage surgery; Subclinical nodal disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD AND NECK SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; NECK DISSECTION; OVERALL SURVIVAL; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RECURRENT CANCER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBCLINICAL NODAL DISEASE;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; NECK DISSECTION; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; NORTH CAROLINA; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SALVAGE THERAPY; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84885022135     PISSN: 02773732     EISSN: 1537453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/COC.0b013e3182568f9a     Document Type: Article

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