Elective neck dissection versus observation in the treatment of early oral tongue carcinoma

Head and Neck

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 583-588

  Yuen, Anthony Po Wing ^a   Wei, William Ignace ^a   Wong, Yue Ming ^a   Tang, Kwong Chi ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cancer recurrence; Glossectomy; Squamous cell carcinoma; Tongue

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH CARCINOMA; NECK DISSECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TONGUE CARCINOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TONGUE NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030886467     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0347(199710)19:7<583::AID-HED4>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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