Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma Margin Discrepancy After Resection and Pathologic Processing

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 523-529

  Cheng, Allen ^a   Cox, Darren ^b   Schmidt, Brian L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALVEOLAR RIDGE; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CHEEK MUCOSA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MOUTH CARCINOMA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALVEOLAR PROCESS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH MUCOSA; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PALATE, HARD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TONGUE;

EID: 38949124762     PISSN: 02782391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joms.2007.08.040     Document Type: Article

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