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Elective versus Therapeutic Neck Dissection in Node-Negative Oral Cancer

D'Cruz AK, Vaish R, Kapre N et al.. The New England journal of medicine · 2015 · 373(6):521-9

Randomised trial showing survival benefit of elective neck dissection over therapeutic dissection in node-negative oral cancer.

Reference typeLandmark Papers
Evidence levelOriginal Research
JournalThe New England journal of medicine
Year2015
Volume / Issue / Pages373 (6) 521-9
DOI10.1056/NEJMoa1506007
PMID26027881
Publication typeComparative Study, Multicenter Study, Randomized Controlled Trial
AuthorsD'Cruz AK, Vaish R, Kapre N, Dandekar M, Gupta S, Hawaldar R
PubMedDOIPublisher / full text

Citation

D'Cruz AK, Vaish R, Kapre N et al.. Elective versus Therapeutic Neck Dissection in Node-Negative Oral Cancer. The New England journal of medicine 2015. 373(6):521-9

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