Correlation between lymphatic vessel density and regional metastasis in squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue

Head and Neck

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 445-451

  Chung, Man Ki ^a   Min, Jin Young ^a   So, Yoon Kyoung ^a   Ko, Young Hyeh ^a   Jeong, Han Sin ^a   Son, Young Ik ^a   Baek, Chung Hwan ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Lymphatic vessel; Metastasis; Podoplanin; Squamous cell carcinoma; Tongue

Indexed keywords

PODOPLANIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH VESSEL; LYMPH VESSEL DENSITY; LYMPH VESSEL ENDOTHELIUM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERINEURIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL METASTASIS; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TONGUE CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; LYMPHATIC VESSELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TONGUE NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949402782     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.21202     Document Type: Article

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