Patterns of cervical lymph node metastases in oral tongue squamous cell carcinoma: Implications for elective and therapeutic neck dissection

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 268-273

  Dogan, E ^a   Cetinayak, H O ^a   Sarioglu, S ^a   Erdag, T K ^a   Ikiz, A O ^a  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Neck Dissection; Neoplasm Metastasis; Pathology; Squamous Cell Carcinoma; Tongue

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; FEMALE; GLOSSECTOMY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; NECK DISSECTION; ORAL TONGUE SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TONGUE CARCINOMA; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; LYMPH NODE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; SECONDARY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TONGUE NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK DISSECTION; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TONGUE NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84922064595     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: 17485460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022215114000267     Document Type: Article

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