A GERMAN PROBLEM! TNM-classification of the oral cavity-pT4a tumors are lost in translation

International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 631-

  Hakim, Samer George ^a   Jacobsen, Hans Christian ^a   Sieg, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BONE DEMINERALIZATION; BONE MARROW; BONE METASTASIS; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CORTICAL BONE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; GERMANY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LETTER; MANDIBLE RESECTION; MOUTH CANCER; MOUTH CAVITY; NECK DISSECTION; PROGNOSIS; CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; MANDIBLE TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; PUBLICATION; TONGUE TUMOR;

HUMANS; MANDIBULAR NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM STAGING; TONGUE NEOPLASMS; TRANSLATIONS;

EID: 77953287064     PISSN: 09015027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijom.2010.02.006     Document Type: Letter

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