## Abstract Retropharyngeal lymph node (RPLN) metastasis of primary head and neck cancer often receives less consideration than lymph node metastasis in the neck. With improvements in imaging techniques and reports of surgical pathology, there is an improved understanding of the risk and subsequent
Assessment and management of lymph node metastases in the neck in head and neck cancer patients
β Scribed by Michiel W.M. van den Brekel; Charles R. Leemans; Gordon B. Snow
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 956 KB
- Volume
- 22
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1040-8428
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