Basaloid squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck: A Clinicopathological and Follow-Up Study of 40 Cases and Review of the Literature

Head and Neck Pathology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 83-91

  Ereño, Cosme ^a   Gaafar, Ayman ^a   Garmendia, Maddi ^a   Etxezarraga, Carmen ^a   Bilbao, Francisco J ^a   López, José I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Basaloid squamous cell carcinoma; Differential diagnosis; Head and neck; Hypopharynx; Larynx; Metastasis; Oral cavity; Oropharynx; Prognosis; Recurrence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; HYPOPHARYNX TUMOR; LARYNX TUMOR; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MOUTH TUMOR; MULTIPLE CANCER; OROPHARYNX TUMOR; REVIEW; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, BASOSQUAMOUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; OROPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 77953287984     PISSN: 1936055X     EISSN: 19360568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12105-008-0045-6     Document Type: Review

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