A retrospective analysis of histological prognostic factors for the development of lymph node metastases from auricular squamous cell carcinoma

Histopathology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 138-146

  Clark, Richard R ^a,b   Soutar, David S ^b   Hunter, Keith D ^c  

^a NINEWELLS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CANNIESBURN PLASTIC SURGERY UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^c GLASGOW DENTAL HOSPITAL AND SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

external ear; lymph node metastasis; neck dissection; squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL FEATURE; EAR CANCER; EXTERNAL EAR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; EAR CARTILAGE; EAR NEOPLASMS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; LYMPH VESSEL; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOLOGY; SECONDARY; TUMOR INVASION; TUMOR RECURRENCE; UNITED KINGDOM; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; EAR CARTILAGE; EAR NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; LYMPHATIC VESSELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SCOTLAND;

EID: 77954547761     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: 13652559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2559.2010.03593.x     Document Type: Article

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