The prognostic implications of the surgical margin in oral squamous cell carcinoma

International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 30-34

  Sutton, David N ^a   Brown, J S ^a   Rogers, S N ^a   Vaughan, E D ^a   Woolgar, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AINTREE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Oral squamous cell carcinoma; Prognosis; Surgical margin

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER INVASION; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SIZE; CANCER STAGING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH CARCINOMA; PROGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURVIVAL TIME;

EID: 0037292383     PISSN: 09015027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/ijom.2002.0313     Document Type: Review

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