The clinical importance of cystic squamous cell carcinomas in the neck: A study of 136 cases

Cancer

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 944-956

  Thompson, Lester D R ^a   Heffner, Dennis K ^a  

^a ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Branchial cleft cyst carcinoma; Cystic metastases in the neck; Tonsillar carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK CANCER; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TONSIL;

EID: 0032031571     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0142(19980301)82:5<944::aid-cncr21>3.0.co;2-%23     Document Type: Article

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