Establishing quality indicators for neck dissection: Correlating the number of lymph nodes with oncologic outcomes (NRG Oncology RTOG 9501 and RTOG 0234)
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عنوان ژورنال: Cancer
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0008-543X
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.30204