Carotid body tumors: radioguided surgical approach
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Carotid body tumors: radioguided surgical approach
BACKGROUND Carotid body tumours (CBTs) are very rare lesions which should be treated as soon as possible even when benign since small tumour size permits easier removal and lower incidence of perioperative complications and recurrence. Malignant forms are rare and they can be identified by lymph node invasion and metastases in distant locations. The need of reliable and effective diagnostic mod...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1756-9966
DOI: 10.1186/1756-9966-28-148