Early diagnosis in primary oral cancer: Is it possible?

Medicina Oral, Patologia Oral y Cirugia Bucal

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 300-305

  van der Waal, Isaäc ^a   de Bree, Remco ^b   Brakenhoff, Ruud ^b   Coebergh, Jan Willem ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c The Netherlands   (Netherlands)

^d ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diagnostic cancer delay; Early detection of cancer; Oral cancer

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DENTIST; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; JAW CANCER; MELANOMA; MOUTH CANCER; MOUTH HYGIENE; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PRIMARY TUMOR; PROGNOSIS; SALIVARY GLAND TUMOR; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SYMPTOM; THERAPY DELAY; TOBACCO;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; HUMANS; MOUTH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 79957938816     PISSN: 16984447     EISSN: 16986946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4317/medoral.16.e300     Document Type: Article

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