The number of pathologically positive lymph nodes and pathological tumor depth predicts prognosis in patients with poorly differentiated squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Kang, Chung Jan ^a   Lin, Chien Yu ^a   Wang, Hung Ming ^a   Fan, Kang Hsing ^a   Ng, Shu Hang ^a   Lee, Li Yu ^a   Chen, I How ^a   Huang, Shiang Fu ^a   Liao, Chun Ta ^a   Yen, Tzu Chen ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Oral cavity; Outcome; Poor differentiation; Squamous cell carcinoma; Survival

Indexed keywords

ORAL CAVITY; OUTCOME; POOR DIFFERENTIATION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURVIVAL;

BODY FLUIDS; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT TREATMENT; TUMORS;

DISEASE CONTROL;

CISPLATIN; FOLINIC ACID; TEGAFUR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; MOUTH CARCINOMA; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; NECK DISSECTION; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 80054822301     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2011.03.060     Document Type: Article

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