Background and Objectives: Carcinoma of the head and neck is an uncommon primary source of bone metastases. The increasing duration of survival of these patients, however, increases the probability of late bone involvement. The objective was to identify the frequency, clinical presentation, and clin
Radioimmunoscintigraphy of squamous carcinomas of the head and neck
โ Scribed by Soo, K. C. ;Ward, M. ;Roberts, K. R. ;Keeling, F. ;Carter, R. L. ;McCready, V. R. ;Ott, R. J. ;Powell, E. ;Ozanne, B. ;Westwood, J. H. ;Gusterson, B. A.
- Publisher
- Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
- Year
- 1987
- Weight
- 340 KB
- Volume
- 9
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0148-6403
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