Gingival squamous cell carcinoma: Diagnostic delay or rapid invasion?

Journal of Periodontology

Volumn 77, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1229-1233

  Seoane, Juan ^a,e   Varela Centelles, Pablo I ^b   Walsh, Trevor F ^c   Lopez Cedrun, Jose L ^d   Vazquez, Ines ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b Galician Health Service   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d HOSPITAL JUAN CANALEJO   (Spain)

^e NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Early diagnosis; Gingiva; Neoplasia; Oral cancer; Periodontium

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STAGING; CHI SQUARE TEST; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE COURSE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GINGIVA TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH CARCINOMA; PERIODONTIUM; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STUDENT T TEST; TONGUE CARCINOMA; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; TIME;

AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; GINGIVAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33748531875     PISSN: 00223492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1902/jop.2006.050408     Document Type: Article

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