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25-03-2016 | Head and neck cancers | Article

Hybrid Imaging: Local Staging of Head and Neck Cancer

Authors: Martin W. Huellner, Tetsuro Sekine

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

Abstract

This chapter discusses the staging of mucosal and extramucosal epithelial malignant disease of the head and neck, with the exception of mucosal melanoma and thyroid malignancies.
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