Does tumor depth affect nodal upstaging in squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck?

Alkureishi, L W T; Ross, Gary L; Shoaib, T; Soutar, D S; Robertson, A G; Sorensen, J A; Thomsen, J; Krogdahl, A; Alvarez, J; Barbier, L; Santamaria, J; Poli, T; Sesenna, E; Kovács, A F; Grünwald, F; Barzan, L; Sulfaro, S; Alberti, F

Affiliation

Plastic Surgery Unit, Canniesburn Hospital, Glasgow, United Kingdom.

Issue Date

2008-04

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Abstract

The aim of this study was to determine whether tumor depth affects upstaging of the clinically node-negative neck, as determined by sentinel lymph node biopsy with full pathologic evaluation of harvested nodes including step-serial sectioning (SSS) and immunohistochemistry (IHC).

Citation

Does tumor depth affect nodal upstaging in squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck? 2008, 118 (4):629-34 Laryngoscope

Journal

Laryngoscope

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/10541/253274

DOI

10.1097/MLG.0b013e31815e8bf0

PubMed ID

18094651

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Article

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ISSN

0023-852X

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