Micrometastasis in oral/oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma: Incidence, histopathological features and clinical implications

British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 181-186

  Woolgar, J A ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY DENTAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH CARCINOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032785457     PISSN: 02664356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/bjom.1999.0037     Document Type: Article

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