Malignancy grading is no better than conventional histopathological grading in small squamous cell carcinoma of tongue and floor of mouth: Retrospective study in 128 patients

Journal of Oral Pathology and Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 343-347

  Weijers, M ^a   Snow, G B ^a   Dick Bezemer, P ^a   Van Der Waal, I ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Malignancy grading system; Oral squamous cell carcinoma; Prognostic parameters

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH; MOUTH CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REGIONAL METASTASIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMALL CELL CARCINOMA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TONGUE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH FLOOR; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASMS, SECOND PRIMARY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TONGUE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 62949108543     PISSN: 09042512     EISSN: 16000714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0714.2009.00751.x     Document Type: Article

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