Retropharyngeal lymph node metastasis in nasopharyngeal carcinoma detected by magnetic resonance imaging : prognostic value and staging categories.

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Published in Cancer on July 15, 2008

Authors

Linglong Tang1, Li Li, Yanping Mao, Lizhi Liu, Shaobo Liang, Yong Chen, Ying Sun, Xinbiao Liao, Li Tian, Aihua Lin, Mengzhong Liu, Jun Ma

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1: State Key Laboratory of Oncology in Southern China, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China.

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