Surgical salvage for recurrent retropharyngeal lymph node metastasis in nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Head and Neck

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1726-1731

  Chan, Jimmy Yu Wai ^a   Chow, Velda Ling Yu ^a   Wong, Stanley Tien Sze ^a   Wei, William Ignace ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

maxillary swing operation; nasopharyngeal carcinoma; recurrent; residual; retropharyngeal lymph node

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVERALL SURVIVAL; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT CANCER; RETROPHARYNGEAL LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; SALVAGE THERAPY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR CELL;

MAXILLARY SWING OPERATION; NASOPHARYNGEAL CARCINOMA; RECURRENT; RESIDUAL; RETROPHARYNGEAL LYMPH NODE;

DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PHARYNX; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SALVAGE THERAPY;

EID: 84887989835     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.23214     Document Type: Article

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