Patients with low lying lymph nodes are at high risk for distant metastasis in oropharyngeal cancer Academic Article uri icon

Overview

MeSH Major

  • Lymph Nodes
  • Neoplasm Metastasis
  • Oropharyngeal Neoplasms

abstract

  • The presence of a low lying lymph node is significantly associated with an increased risk of DM in OPC. RPA identified patients both at very low and very high risk for DM with information routinely obtained in clinic.

publication date

  • January 2014

Research

keywords

  • Academic Article

Identity

Language

  • eng

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2014.06.008

PubMed ID

  • 25043881

Additional Document Info

start page

  • 863

end page

  • 8

volume

  • 50

number

  • 9