Feasibility of preservation of the submandibular gland during neck dissection in patients with early-stage oral cancer

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 497-504

  Chen, Tseng Cheng ^a,b   Lou, Pei Jen ^a,b   Ko, Jenq Yuh ^a,b   Yang, Tsung Lin ^a,b   Lo, Wu Chia ^c   Hu, Ya Ling ^a,b   Wang, Cheng Ping ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c FAR EASTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; EARLY CANCER; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GINGIVA TUMOR; HARD PALATE TUMOR; HUMAN; LIP TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH CARCINOMA; NECK DISSECTION; ORAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; OVERALL SURVIVAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURVIVAL RATE; TONGUE CARCINOMA; TONGUE SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; NECK DISSECTION; NEOPLASM STAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951552588     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-010-1294-7     Document Type: Article

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