Rare involvement of submandibular gland by oral squamous cell carcinoma

Head and Neck

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 877-881

  Chen, Tseng Cheng ^a   Lo, Wu Chia ^a   Ko, Jenq Yuh ^a   Lou, Pei Jen ^a   Yang, Tsung Lin ^a,b   Wang, Cheng Ping ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Neck dissection; Oral cancer; Saliva; Submandibular gland; Xerostomia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURGERY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH CARCINOMA; NECK DISSECTION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIMARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650490317     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.21039     Document Type: Article

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