Prognostic significance of apoptosis in squamous cell carcinoma of oral cavity with special refernece to TNM stage, histological grade and survival

Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 257-259

  Mandal, Ashish Kumar ^a   Verma, Deepali ^a   Mohanta, P K ^a   Saha, Renuka ^a   Maeda, Takafumi ^b   Sugino, Takashi ^a   Sujuki, Toshimitsu ^b   Tanaka, Masatoshi ^b  

^a MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Histological grade; Prognosis; Squamous cell carcinoma; Survival; TNM staging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MOUTH TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; AGED; APOPTOSIS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0035411932     PISSN: 03774929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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