A case report: Epstein-Barr virus-associated undifferentiated carcinoma of the tongue base

Auris Nasus Larynx

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 487-491

  Wakisaka, Naohiro ^a   Murono, Shigeyuki ^a   Minato, Hiroshi ^a   Furukawa, Mitsuru ^a   Yoshizaki, Tomokazu ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epstein Barr virus (EBV); Epstein Barr virus encoded small RNAs (EBERs); Oropharynx; Undifferentiated carcinoma

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; METASTASIS; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; NECK DISSECTION; NECK METASTASIS; NECK TUMOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; TONGUE CARCINOMA; TUMOR BIOPSY; UNDIFFERENTIATED CARCINOMA;

AGED; CARCINOMA; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; NECK DISSECTION; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; SURGICAL FLAPS; TONGUE NEOPLASMS; TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS;

EID: 33749256102     PISSN: 03858146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anl.2006.05.009     Document Type: Article

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