Good tumor control and survivals of squamous cell carcinoma of buccal mucosa treated with radical surgery with or without neck dissection in Taiwan

Oral Oncology

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 800-809

  Liao, Chun Ta ^a   Wang, Hung Ming ^a   Ng, Shu Hang ^a   Yen, Tzu Chen ^a   Lee, Li Yu ^a   Hsueh, Chuen ^a   Wei, Fu Chan ^a   Chen, I How ^a   Kang, Chung Jan ^a   Huang, Shiang Fu ^a   Chang, Joseph Tung Chieh ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Buccal mucosa; Squamous cell carcinoma; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH CARCINOMA; NECK DISSECTION; NECK METASTASIS; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TAIWAN;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH MUCOSA; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; NECK DISSECTION; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33745852437     PISSN: 13688375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2005.11.020     Document Type: Article

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