Oral Oncology
Volume 46, Issue 5 , Pages 330-335 , May 2010

Comprehensive review of small bowel metastasis from head and neck squamous cell carcinoma

  • Raghav C. Dwivedi

      Affiliations

    • Head and Neck Unit, Royal Marsden Hospital, Fulham Road, London SW3 6JJ, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +44 2078082202; fax: +44 2078082235.
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  • Rehan Kazi

      Affiliations

    • Head and Neck Unit, Royal Marsden Hospital, Fulham Road, London SW3 6JJ, UK
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  • Nishant Agrawal

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
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  • Edward Chisholm

      Affiliations

    • Head and Neck Unit, Royal Marsden Hospital, Fulham Road, London SW3 6JJ, UK
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  • Suzanne St. Rose

      Affiliations

    • Research, Data and Statistical Unit, Royal Marsden Hospital, Fulham Road, London SW3 6JJ, UK
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  • Behrad Elmiyeh

      Affiliations

    • Head and Neck Unit, Royal Marsden Hospital, Fulham Road, London SW3 6JJ, UK
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  • Catherine Rennie

      Affiliations

    • Head and Neck Unit, Royal Marsden Hospital, Fulham Road, London SW3 6JJ, UK
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  • Christopher Pepper

      Affiliations

    • Head and Neck Unit, Royal Marsden Hospital, Fulham Road, London SW3 6JJ, UK
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  • Peter M. Clarke

      Affiliations

    • Head and Neck Unit, Royal Marsden Hospital, Fulham Road, London SW3 6JJ, UK
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  • Cyrus J. Kerawala

      Affiliations

    • Head and Neck Unit, Royal Marsden Hospital, Fulham Road, London SW3 6JJ, UK
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  • Peter H. Rhys-Evans

      Affiliations

    • Head and Neck Unit, Royal Marsden Hospital, Fulham Road, London SW3 6JJ, UK
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  • Kevin J. Harrington

      Affiliations

    • Head and Neck Unit, Royal Marsden Hospital, Fulham Road, London SW3 6JJ, UK
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  • Christopher M. Nutting

      Affiliations

    • Head and Neck Unit, Royal Marsden Hospital, Fulham Road, London SW3 6JJ, UK

Received 15 December 2009 ,Revised 18 January 2010 ,Accepted 19 January 2010.

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Oral Oncology
Volume 46, Issue 5 , Pages 330-335 , May 2010

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