Neck dissection: historical perspective
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Neck dissection: historical perspective.
Because of the proclivity of head and neck cancer to metastasize to the regional lymph nodes, a discussion of the management, regardless of the primary sites, mandates a concurrent discussion on how to treat the neck. With the exception of distant metastases the most adverse independent prognostic factor in squamous carcinoma of the head and neck is the presence of involved cervical lymph nodes...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Laryngology & Otology
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0022-2151,1748-5460
DOI: 10.1258/002221504323219473