Predictive value of tumor thickness for cervical lymph-node involvement in squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity: a Meta-analysis of reported studies

Cancer

Volumn 115, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1489-1497

  Huang, Shao Hui ^a,b   Hwang, David ^b   Lockwood, Gina ^a   Goldstein, David P ^a,c   O'Sullivan, Brian ^a,b,c  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cervical lymph node metastases; Oral cavity cancer; Squamous cell carcinoma; Tumor thickness

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EMBASE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MEDLINE; MOUTH CARCINOMA; NECK DISSECTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TUMOR VOLUME;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; NECK DISSECTION;

EID: 63449086998     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.24161     Document Type: Article

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