Post-resection mucosal margin shrinkage in oral cancer: Quantification and significance

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 131-133

  Mistry, Rajesh C ^a   Qureshi, Sajid S ^a   Kumaran, C ^a  

^a TATA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Carcinoma; Margins; Oral cavity; Shrinkage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CHEEK MUCOSA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOUTH CANCER; MOUTH MUCOSA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TONGUE;

ADULT; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH MUCOSA; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; TONGUE; TONGUE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 23044484729     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jso.20285     Document Type: Article

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