A series of almost 2000 patients with squamous carcinoma of the head and neck is presented. Seven percent of the patients had massive fixed glands at the time of presentation. The incidence of fixed nodes vaied between sites, and increased with increasing T-stage of the primary tumor. Forty percent
The cerebrospinal fluid and the cervical lymph nodes
โ Scribed by Mortensen, O. A. ;Sullivan, W. E.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1933
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 785 KB
- Volume
- 56
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0003-276X
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