Spontaneous regression of cervical lymph node metastasis in a patient with mesopharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue: Possible association between apoptosis and tumor regression

International Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 448-454

  Kurita, Masakazu ^a   Hirano, Koichi ^a   Ebihara, Satoshi ^a   Takushima, Akihiko ^a   Harii, Kiyonori ^a   Fujino, Takashi ^a   Fujioka, Yasunori ^a  

^a KYORIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Lymph node; Metastasis; Spontaneous regression; Squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

AGED; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MESOPHARYNGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TONGUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR NECROSIS;

ADULT; AGED; APOPTOSIS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; NEOPLASM REGRESSION, SPONTANEOUS; TONGUE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 36948999160     PISSN: 13419625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10147-007-0711-9     Document Type: Article

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