Established prognostic variables in N0 oral carcinoma

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 135, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 748-753

  Clark, Jonathan R ^a   Naranjo, Natalie ^a   Franklin, Jason H ^a   de Almeida, John ^a   Gullane, Patrick J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; MOUTH CARCINOMA; MOUTH CAVITY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33750284954     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2006.05.751     Document Type: Article

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