The relationship of primary tumor thickness in carcinoma of the tongue to subsequent lymph node metastasis

Dentomaxillofacial Radiology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 242-245

  Hayashi, T ^a   Ito, J ^a   Taira, S ^a   Katsura, K ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carcinoma, squamous cell; Neoplasm, metastasis; Tongue neoplasms; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; METASTASIS; NECK; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TONGUE TUMOR;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CONTRAST MEDIA; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; NECK; NEOPLASM STAGING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TONGUE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0035464082     PISSN: 0250832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.dmfr.4600615     Document Type: Article

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