Risks and clinical implications of perineural invasion in T1-2 oral tongue squamous cell carcinoma

Head and Neck

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 994-1001

  Tai, Shyh Kuan ^a,b   Li, Wing Yin ^b   Chu, Pen Yuan ^b   Chang, Shyue Yih ^a,b   Tsai, Tung Lung ^b   Wang, Yi Fen ^b   Huang, Jui Lin ^b  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Lymphovascular invasion; Neck dissection; Oral tongue squamous cell carcinoma; Perineural invasion; Tumor thickness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONNECTIVE TISSUE TUMOR; DISEASE SPECIFIC SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LOCAL RECURRENCE FREE SURVIVAL; LYMPH VESSEL METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK DISSECTION; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PERINEURAL INVASION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TONGUE CARCINOMA; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; RISK; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TONGUE; TONGUE NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857844111     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.21846     Document Type: Article

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