Biopsy examination of squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue: Source of significant prognostic information?

British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 594-597

  Moor, J W ^a   Wills, S ^a   Holzle, F ^b   Ong, T K ^a   Mitchell, D A ^d   MacLennan, K A ^c   Kanatas, A N ^e  

^a LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d PINDERFIELDS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e LEEDS DENTAL INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Head and neck cancer; Prognostic information and squamous cell carcinoma; Squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue; Tongue biopsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLOSSECTOMY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; NECK DISSECTION; PROGNOSIS; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA OF THE TONGUE; TONGUE CARCINOMA; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOPLASM; FEMALE; GLOSSECTOMY; HUMANS; KERATINS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITOSIS; NECK DISSECTION; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; PLASMA CELLS; PROGNOSIS; TONGUE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 78649682289     PISSN: 02664356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2009.12.003     Document Type: Article

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