## Abstract ## Background The management of initially bulky nodal disease after primary nonsurgical treatment for stage IV head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) continues to be a subject of debate. ## Methods A retrospective chart review of neck management in patients after chemoradiatio
Outcome With Neck Dissection After Chemoradiation for N3 Head-and-Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma
✍ Scribed by Levon Igidbashian; Bernard Fortin; Louis Guertin; Denis Soulières; Geneviève Coulombe; Manon Belair; Danielle Charpentier; Jean-Claude Tabet; Phuc Felix Nguyen-Tan
- Book ID
- 108148852
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 223 KB
- Volume
- 77
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0360-3016
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