## Abstract ## Background. Patients with tonsillar carcinoma and neck nodes seen at the clinic are not an uncommon occurrence in head and neck practice. Over the years, treatment has ranged from radical jaw neck dissection to radical neck dissection for the nodes and primary radiotherapy to the pr
Pattern of lymph node metastases in squamous cell carcinoma of the tonsil: Implication for selective neck dissection
โ Scribed by Maria Cristina Da Mosto; Federica Zanetti; Paolo Boscolo-Rizzo
- Book ID
- 113833060
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 103 KB
- Volume
- 45
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1368-8375
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