Usefulness of intra-oral ultrasonography to predict neck metastasis in patients with tongue carcinoma

Oral Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 591-599

  Natori, T ^a   Koga, M ^a   Anegawa, E ^a   Nakashima, Y ^a   Tetsuka, M ^a   Yoh, J ^a   Kusukawa, J ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Intra oral ultrasonography; Mode of invasion; Neck metastasis; Pattern of border; Tongue cancer; Tumor thickness

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NECK METASTASIS; PARAMETER; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RELIABILITY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION; TISSUE SECTION; TONGUE CARCINOMA; TUMOR VOLUME;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; NECK; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TONGUE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 53149114881     PISSN: 1354523X     EISSN: 16010825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-0825.2007.01423.x     Document Type: Article

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