## BACKGROUND. Although, to the authors' knowledge, no prospective randomized clinical trial has demonstrated improvement in survival following the radical dissection of lymph nodes in the treatment of cancer patients, lymphadenectomy is still routinely performed for curative purposes. For many yea
The management of parotid lymph node metastases by irradiation
โ Scribed by C. C. Wang
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1982
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 250 KB
- Volume
- 50
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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