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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Indian J Med Paediatr Oncol 2015; 36(03): 137-139
DOI: 10.4103/0971-5851.166675
EDITORIAL COMMENTARY

Commentary on Elective versus therapeutic neck dissection in node-negative oral cancer

Moni Abraham Kuriakose
Department of Surgical Oncology, Mazumdar Shaw Cancer Center, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India; Department of Head and Neck, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York, USA
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