The impact of lymphovascular invasion on survival in oral carcinoma

Oral Oncology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 10-15

  Jones, H B ^a   Sykes, A ^b   Bayman, N ^b   Sloan, P ^c   Swindell, R ^b   Patel, M ^a   Musgrove, B ^c  

^a WYTHENSHAWE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CHRISTIE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Lymphovascular invasion; Oral squamous cell carcinoma; Survival

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MOUTH CARCINOMA; NECK DISSECTION; NECK METASTASIS; ORAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; NECK DISSECTION; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 57649125200     PISSN: 13688375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2008.03.009     Document Type: Article

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