## Abstract In patients with early head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC), occult lymph node metastasis is difficult to predict by clinical or pathological parameters. However, such parameters are necessary to select patients either for elective neck dissection or the sentinel lymph node (SL
Oral cavity and oropharynx squamous cell carcinoma with metastasis to the parotid lymph nodes
β Scribed by Steven M. Olsen; Eric J. Moore; Cody A. Koch; Jan L. Kasperbauer; Kerry D. Olsen
- Book ID
- 113833442
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 137 KB
- Volume
- 47
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1368-8375
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