The effects of tumor size, degree of differentiation, and depth of invasion on the risk of neck node metastasis in squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity

Ear, Nose and Throat Journal

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 130-135

  Haksever, Mehmet ^a   Inançl, Hasan Mete ^b   Tunçel, Ümit ^a   Kürkçüoglu, Şefik Sinan ^a   Uyar, Melek ^a   Genç, Ömer ^a   Irkkan, Çigdem ^a  

^a Ankara Dr Abdurrahman Yurtaslan Oncology Training and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

^b NEAR EAST UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MOUTH CARCINOMA; ONCOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; ORAL CAVITY SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; PREVALENCE; TUMOR DEPTH; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 84861518849     PISSN: 01455613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/014556131209100311     Document Type: Article

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