Patterns of cervical metastasis from carcinoma of the oral tongue

World Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 1, Issue , 2003, Pages

  Nithya, C S ^a   Pandey, Manoj ^b   Naik, B R ^a   Ahamed, Iqbal M ^b  

^a GOVERNMENT DENTAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b REGIONAL CANCER CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Cancer; Lymph node; Metastasis; Oral Cancer; Survival; Tongue

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NECK DISSECTION; ORAL SURGERY; PREDICTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TONGUE CARCINOMA;

EID: 33646217927     PISSN: 14777819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7819-1-10     Document Type: Article

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