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Malignant carotid body tumors: What we know, what we do, and what we need to achieve. A systematic review of the literature.
Head & neck - 1 Mar 2024
Piazza Cesare, Lancini Davide, Tomasoni Michele, Zafereo Mark, Poorten Vincent Vander, Hanna Ehab, Mäkitie Antti A, Fernandez-Alvarez Veronica, Kowalski Luiz P, Chiesa-Estomba Carlos, Ferlito Alfio
Abstract excerpt
Malignant carotid body tumors (MCBT) are rare and diagnosed after detection of nodal or distant metastases. This systematic review (SR) focuses on MCBT initially approached by surgery. Preferred Reporting Items for SR and Meta-Analysis (MA) guided the articles search from 2000 to 2023 on PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science. Among 3548 papers, 132 (337 patients) were considered for SR; of these, 20 (158 patients)...
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