Preoperative measurement of tumor thickness of oral tongue carcinoma with intraoral ultrasonography

Head and Neck

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 230-234

  Yuen, Anthony Po Wing ^a   Ng, Raymond Wai Man ^a   Lam, Paul Kin Yip ^a   Ho, Ambrose ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Carcinoma; Depth; Thickness; Tongue; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MOUTH CARCINOMA; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TONGUE CARCINOMA; TUMOR VOLUME; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TONGUE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 39149131056     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.20678     Document Type: Article

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