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Research Article

Unknown primary squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck: retrospective analysis of 80 cases

Masanobu MizutaDepartment of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan; ;Department of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery, Kurashiki Central Hospital, Okayama, Japan; Correspondence[email protected]
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Morimasa KitamuraDepartment of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan; View further author information
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Ichiro TateyaDepartment of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan; View further author information
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Hisanobu TamakiDepartment of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery, Kurashiki Central Hospital, Okayama, Japan; View further author information
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Shinzo TanakaDepartment of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery, Japanese Red Cross Osaka Hospital, Osaka, Japan; View further author information
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Ryo AsatoDepartment of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery, National Hospital Organization Kyoto Medical Center, Kyoto, Japan; View further author information
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Shogo ShinoharaDepartment of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery, Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital, Hyogo, Japan; ORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-1794-2091View further author information
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Shinji TakebayashiDepartment of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery, Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital, Hyogo, Japan; View further author information
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Toshiki MaetaniDepartment of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery, Medical Research Institute, Kitano Hospital, Osaka, Japan; View further author information
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Yoshiharu KitaniDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology – Head & Neck surgery, Shizuoka General Hospital, Shizuoka, Japan; View further author information
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Yohei KumabeDepartment of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery, Hyogo Prefectural Amagasaki General Medical Center, Hyogo, Japan; View further author information
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Tsuyoshi KojimaDepartment of Otolaryngology, Tenri Hospital, Nara, Japan; View further author information
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Koji UshiroDepartment of Otolaryngology, Japanese Red Cross Otsu Hospital, Shiga, Japan; View further author information
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Kazuyuki IchimaruDepartment of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery, Kokura Memorial Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan; View further author information
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Keigo HondaDepartment of Otolaryngology, Japanese Red Cross Wakayama Medical Center, Wakayama, JapanView further author information
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Koichiro YamadaDepartment of Otolaryngology, Japanese Red Cross Wakayama Medical Center, Wakayama, JapanView further author information
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Koichi OmoriDepartment of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan; View further author information
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Pages 590-596 | Received 16 Nov 2017, Accepted 18 Dec 2017, Published online: 08 Jan 2018

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