Mucoepidermoid carcinoma of minor salivary glands: A clinical study of 16 cases and review of the literature

Oral Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 364-370

  Triantafillidou, K ^a,b   Dimitrakopoulos, J ^a   Iordanidis, F ^a   Koufogiannis, D ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Ki 67 expression; Minor salivary glands; Mucoepidermoid carcinoma

Indexed keywords

KI 67 ANTIGEN;

ADENOSQUAMOUS CARCINOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CANCER GRADING; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CHEEK MUCOSA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GREECE; HARD PALATE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; JAW; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; NOSE CAVITY; PARANASAL SINUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE; REVIEW; SALIVARY GLAND CARCINOMA; SOFT PALATE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, MUCOEPIDERMOID; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KI-67 ANTIGEN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; SALIVARY GLAND NEOPLASMS; SALIVARY GLANDS, MINOR; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 33745289095     PISSN: 1354523X     EISSN: 16010825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-0825.2005.01166.x     Document Type: Review

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