Squamous cell carcinoma of the maxillary gingiva, alveolus, and hard palate: is there a need for elective neck dissection?

British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 345-348

  Mourouzis, Constantinos ^a   Pratt, Clive ^a   Brennan, Peter A ^b  

^a ST RICHARD S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hard palate; Maxillary alveolus; Metastasis; Neck dissection; Squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ALVEOLAR BONE; ARTICLE; BONE CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EARLY CANCER; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; GINGIVA TUMOR; HARD PALATE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; NECK DISSECTION; NECK METASTASIS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR RECURRENCE; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; GINGIVAL NEOPLASMS; JAW; MAXILLARY NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; PALATAL NEOPLASMS; PATHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALVEOLAR PROCESS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; GINGIVAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MAXILLARY NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; NECK DISSECTION; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PALATAL NEOPLASMS; PALATE, HARD; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ELECTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 77953119886     PISSN: 02664356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2009.07.012     Document Type: Article

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