Oral tongue carcinoma and its treatment in Finland

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 264, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 263-267

  Mäkitie, Antti A ^a   Koivunen, Petri ^b   Keski Säntti, Harri ^a   Törnwall, Jyrki ^a   Pukkila, Matti ^c   Laranne, Jussi ^d   Luukkaa, Marjaana ^e   Vuola, Jyrki ^a   Joensuu, Timo ^a   Kajanti, Mikael ^a   Grénman, Reidar ^e  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^e TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Epithelial cancer; Oral cavity; Radiotherapy; Squamous cell carcinoma; Tongue

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH CARCINOMA; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TONGUE CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FINLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TONGUE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33846834037     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-006-0158-z     Document Type: Article

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