## Abstract Retropharyngeal lymph node (RPLN) metastasis of primary head and neck cancer often receives less consideration than lymph node metastasis in the neck. With improvements in imaging techniques and reports of surgical pathology, there is an improved understanding of the risk and subsequent
Treatment of lymph node metastases in head and neck cancer. A radiotherapeutic approach
β Scribed by Morris J. Wizenberg; Fernando G. Bloedorn; Seymour Weiner; Jose Gracia
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1972
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 608 KB
- Volume
- 29
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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