## BACKGROUND. Sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy originally was described as a means of identifying lymph node metastases in malignant melanoma and breast carcinoma. The use of SLN biopsy in patients with oral and oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma and clinically N0 necks was investigated to det
Comparison of two sentinel lymph node biopsy processing protocols in clinically N0 head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC)
โ Scribed by H Yang; M J Bullock; R D Hart; J G Nasser; J R Trites; S M Taylor; D Barnes
- Book ID
- 108780216
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 234 KB
- Volume
- 49
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0309-0167
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