Distant metastases from head and neck cancer
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Screening for distant metastases in head and neck cancer patients.
The search for distant metastases in head and neck cancer patients, at the time of initial presentation and evaluation, is justified in order not to subject a patient to radical local therapy if cure cannot be attained. This study reviews 897 consecutive cases of squamous carcinoma of the larynx, oropharynx, hypopharynx and oral cavity, presenting to the Department of Otolaryngology--Head and N...
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عنوان ژورنال: Cancer
سال: 1984
ISSN: 0008-543X,1097-0142
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0142(19840115)53:2<342::aid-cncr2820530228>3.0.co;2-9