Primary oral squamous cell carcinoma: An analysis of 703 cases in southern Taiwan

Oral Oncology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 173-179

  Chen, Y K ^a   Huang, H C ^a   Lin, L M ^a   Lin, C C ^a  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Betel quid; Oral squamous cell carcinoma; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL TIME; TAIWAN; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ARECA; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING; SURVIVAL RATE; TAIWAN;

EID: 0033024709     PISSN: 13688375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1368-8375(98)00101-8     Document Type: Article

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