Is routine triple endoscopy for head and neck carcinoma patients necessary in light of a negative chest computed tomography scan?

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Date publication

novembre 2004

Journal

Cancer

Auteurs

Membres identifiés du Cancéropôle Est :
Pr PIVOT Xavier


Tous les auteurs :
Guardiola E, Pivot X, Dassonville O, Poissonnet G, Marcy PY, Otto J, Poudenx M, Francois E, Bensadoun RJ, Thyss A, Demard F, Schneider M

Résumé

The objective of the current study was to analyze the results obtained by triple endoscopy during the initial evaluation of a primary carcinoma of the head and neck.

Mots clés

Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Bronchoscopy, Carcinoma, Squamous Cell, diagnosis, Esophagoscopy, Female, Head and Neck Neoplasms, diagnosis, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Neoplasms, Second Primary, diagnosis, Radiography, Thoracic, Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Référence

Cancer. 2004 Nov;101(9):2028-33