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Hybrid Imaging: Local Staging of Head and Neck Cancer

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Diseases of the Brain, Head and Neck, Spine 2016-2019

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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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  1. Division of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Medical Radiology, University Hospital Zurich/University of Zurich, Rämistrasse 100, Zurich, 8091, Switzerland

    Martin W. Huellner & Tetsuro Sekine

  2. Division of Neuroradiology, Department of Medical Radiology, University Hospital Zurich/University of Zurich, Frauenklinikstrasse 10, Zurich, 8091, Switzerland

    Martin W. Huellner

  3. Department of Radiology, Nippon Medical School, 1-1-5 Sendagi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8603, Japan

    Tetsuro Sekine

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Huellner, M.W., Sekine, T. (2016). Hybrid Imaging: Local Staging of Head and Neck Cancer. In: Hodler, J., Kubik-Huch, R., von Schulthess, G. (eds) Diseases of the Brain, Head and Neck, Spine 2016-2019. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-30081-8_29

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