Predictive factors of nodal metastases in oral cavity and oropharynx carcinomas

Laryngoscope

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 795-799

  Giacomarra, Vittorio ^a   Tirelli, Giancarlo ^a   Papanikolla, Ledia ^a   Bussani, Rossana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Nodal metastases; Oral cavity and oropharynx carcinoma; Predictive factors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CORRELATION FUNCTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOUTH CARCINOMA; OROPHARYNX CARCINOMA; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; NECK; NECK DISSECTION; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; OROPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0032936749     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-199905000-00021     Document Type: Article

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