De-escalation of surgery for early oral cancer-is it oncologically safe?

British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 30-36

  Barry, Conor P ^a   Katre, Chetan ^b   Papa, Elena ^c   Brown, James S ^a   Shaw, Richard J ^a,d   Bekiroglu, Fazilet ^a   Lowe, Derek ^a   Rogers, Simon N ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AINTREE   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTH MANCHESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Maxillofacial Unit   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^e EDGE HILL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Free flap; Mouth neoplasm; Oral cancer; Pathological margins; Radiotherapy; Recurrence; Surgery; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EARLY CANCER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH CANCER; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PATIENT SAFETY; REVIEW; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

EID: 84872362841     PISSN: 02664356     EISSN: 15321940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2012.02.014     Document Type: Article

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