Results of a randomized controlled trial of level IIb preserving neck dissection in clinically node-negative squamous carcinoma of the oral cavity
Abstract Background The lymphatic spread from the cancers of the oral cavity follows an orderly progression and involvement of lower nodes without involvement of upper nodes and skip metastasis is rare. Selective neck dissections are increasingly being performed for node-positive patients; however,...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2018-11-01
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| Series: | World Journal of Surgical Oncology |
| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12957-018-1518-z |