Impact of use of frozen section assessment of operative margins on survival in oral cancer

Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology and Endodontology

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 235-239

  Pathak, Kumar Alok ^a   Nason, Richard W ^a   Penner, Carla ^a   Viallet, Norbert R ^a   Sutherland, Donna ^a   Kerr, Paul D ^a  

^a CANCERCARE MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARAFFIN;

AGE; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTION; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MOUTH MUCOSA; MOUTH TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR RECURRENCE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGE FACTORS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTIONS; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH MUCOSA; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 58149288073     PISSN: 10792104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tripleo.2008.09.028     Document Type: Article

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