Individualized IMRT treatment approach for cervical lymph node metastases of unknown primary
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Cervical lymph node metastases of squamous cell carcinoma from an unknown primary.
Cervical lymph node metastases of squamous cell carcinoma from occult primary constitute about 2-5% of all patients with carcinoma of unknown primary site (CUP). Metastases in the upper and middle neck are generally attributed to head and neck cancers, whereas the lower neck (supraclavicular area) involvement is often associated with primary malignancies below the clavicles. The diagnostic proc...
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عنوان ژورنال: Strahlentherapie und Onkologie
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0179-7158,1439-099X
DOI: 10.1007/s00066-013-0508-x