Micrometastases and isolated tumour cells in sentinel lymph nodes in oral and oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma

European Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 532-538

  Atula, T ^a,b   Hunter, K D ^c,d   Cooper, L A ^c   Shoaib, T ^a   Ross, G L ^e   Soutar, D S ^a  

^a CANNIESBURN PLASTIC SURGERY UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^d GLASGOW DENTAL HOSPITAL AND SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^e CHRISTIE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Isolated tumour cell; Metastasis; Micrometastasis; Oral cancer; Sentinel lymph node

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN;

ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CELL DEGENERATION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METASTASIS; METHODOLOGY; MICROMETASTASIS; MOUTH CANCER; NECK DISSECTION; OROPHARYNX CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STEM CELL; TISSUE SECTION; TUMOR CELL;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; OROPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 63249119568     PISSN: 07487983     EISSN: 15322157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejso.2008.12.014     Document Type: Article

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