Histopathological factors affecting nodal metastasis in tongue cancer: analysis of 94 patients in Taiwan

International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 912-916

  Chen, Y W ^a   Yu, E H ^a   Wu, T H ^a   Lo, W L ^a   Li, W Y ^a   Kao, S Y ^a,b  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

histopathological factors; metastasis; tongue cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK DISSECTION; TAIWAN; TONGUE CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; LYMPHATIC VESSELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK DISSECTION; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TAIWAN; TONGUE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 54549103170     PISSN: 09015027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijom.2008.07.014     Document Type: Article

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