Elective neck dissection versus observation in stage I squamous cell carcinomas of the tongue and floor of the mouth

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 23-29

  Dias, Fernando L ^a   Kligerman, Jacob ^a   Matos De Sá, Geraldo ^a   Arcuri, Roberto A ^a   Freitas, Emilson Q ^a   Farias, Terence ^a   Matos, Fátima ^a   Lima, Roberto A ^a  

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MOUTH; MOUTH TUMOR; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; OBSERVATION; PATHOLOGY; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALVAGE THERAPY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURVIVAL RATE; TONGUE TUMOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH FLOOR; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; OBSERVATION; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SALVAGE THERAPY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURVIVAL RATE; TONGUE NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035406874     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mhn.2001.116188     Document Type: Article

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