Squamous cell carcinoma of the floor of the mouth: Tumour thickness and the rate of cervical metastasis

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 77, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 761-764

  Wallwork, Ben D ^a   Anderson, Shane R ^a   Coman, William B ^a  

^a PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Lymph node; Metastasis; Oral; Squamous cell carcinoma; Thickness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURGERY; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH CARCINOMA; NECK DISSECTION; NECK METASTASIS; PERINEURIUM; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; NECK; NEOPLASM STAGING; ORAL SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 34547650331     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2007.04219.x     Document Type: Article

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