Gingival carcinoma: Retrospective analysis of 72 patients and indications for elective neck dissection

British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 182-185

  Lubek, Joshua ^a,d   El Hakim, Michel ^a,b,d   Salama, Andrew R ^c   Liu, Xinggang ^d   Ord, Robert A ^c  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gingival cancer; Lymph node metastases

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GINGIVA DISEASE; GINGIVAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANDIBLE CANCER; MAXILLA CANCER; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NECK DISSECTION; NECK METASTASIS; OCCULT CANCER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURVIVAL RATE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; GINGIVAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MARYLAND; MIDDLE AGED; NECK DISSECTION; NEOPLASM STAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE;

EID: 79953658670     PISSN: 02664356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2010.04.005     Document Type: Article

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