## 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
Sentinel lymph node biopsy in squamous cell carcinomas of the lips and the oral cavity—A single center experience
✍ Scribed by Bernhard Frerich; Marcus Förster; Franziska Schiefke; Christian Wittekind; Alexander Hemprich; Osama Sabri
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 117 KB
- Volume
- 95
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-4790
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