Detection of micrometastatic tumor cells in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. A possible predictor of recurrences?

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 216-220

  Guney, Kenan ^a   Yoldas, Burcak ^a   Ozbilim, Gulay ^a   Derin, Alper T ^a   Sarihan, Sule ^a   Balkan, Esor ^a  

^a AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; EPITHELIAL CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; HEMATOXYLIN; PROTEIN ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANCER CELL; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER RELAPSE; CANCER STAGING; CELL SEPARATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LARYNX CARCINOMA; LIP CARCINOMA; MALE; MICROMETASTASIS; MOUTH CARCINOMA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TONGUE CARCINOMA; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM CIRCULATING CELLS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 34147160840     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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