Delineation of the neck node levels for head and neck tumors: A 2013 update. DAHANCA, EORTC, HKNPCSG, NCIC CTG, NCRI, RTOG, TROG consensus guidelines

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 172-181

  Grégoire, Vincent ^a   Ang, Kian ^b   Budach, Wilfried ^c   Grau, Cai ^d   Hamoir, Marc ^a   Langendijk, Johannes A ^e   Lee, Anne ^f   Le, Quynh Thu ^g,h   Maingon, Philippe ⁱ   Nutting, Chris ^j   O'Sullivan, Brian ^k   Porceddu, Sandro V ^l   Lengele, Benoit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^f THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG SHENZHEN HOSPITAL   (China)

^g STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG)   (United States)

ⁱ CENTRE GEORGES FRANÇOIS LECLERC   (France)

^j ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^k UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^l PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

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Author keywords

Head and neck tumors; IMRT; Lymph node levels; Neck nodes; Worldwide consensus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONSENSUS; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NOMENCLATURE; ONCOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ADULT; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; NECK; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RADIATION RESPONSE; STANDARDS;

ADULT; CONSENSUS; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; NECK; RADIATION ONCOLOGY;

EID: 84896097546     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: 18790887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2013.10.010     Document Type: Article

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