Mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the salivary glands. Review of the literature and clinicopathological analysis of 18 patients

Oral Oncology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 130-136

  Rapidis, Alexander D ^a   Givalos, Nikolaos ^a   Gakiopoulou, Hariklia ^b   Stavrianos, Spyros D ^a   Faratzis, Gregory ^a   Lagogiannis, George A ^a   Katsilieris, Ioannis ^a   Patsouris, Efstratios ^b  

^a SAINT SAVVAS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Head and neck cancer; Histological grade; Mucoepidermoid carcinoma; Oral cancer; Radiotherapy; Salivary glands; Salivary malignancies

Indexed keywords

ADENOSQUAMOUS CARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; METASTASIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVARY GLAND CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, MUCOEPIDERMOID; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SALIVARY GLAND NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33846647949     PISSN: 13688375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2006.03.001     Document Type: Article

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