## Background: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of the modern diagnostic evaluation for squamous cell carcinoma metastatic to cervical lymph nodes from an unknown head and neck primary site. ## Methods: One hundred thirty patients were evaluated between june 1983 and june 19
Histologic Identification of Human Papillomavirus (HPV)-Related Squamous Cell Carcinoma in Cervical Lymph Nodes: A Reliable Predictor of the Site of an Occult Head and Neck Primary Carcinoma
โ Scribed by Samir K. El-Mofty; Megan Q. Zhang; Rosa M. Davila
- Book ID
- 107599702
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 491 KB
- Volume
- 2
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1936-055X
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## Abstract ## Objectives/Hypothesis: To discuss our experience with the diagnostic evaluation in patients with squamous cell carcinomas (SCCAs) of the head and neck metastatic to the cervical lymph nodes from an unknown primary site. ## Methods: Between June 1983 and December 2008, 236 patients
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