Prognostic impact of the level of neck metastasis in oral cancer patients

Brazilian Journal of Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 15-20

  Köhler, Hugo Fontan ^a   Kowalski, Luiz Paulo ^a  

^a A C CAMARGO CANCER CENTER   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Head and neck neoplasms; Mouth neoplasms; Neck dissection; Prognosis; Survival rate

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872396018     PISSN: 18088694     EISSN: 18088686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5935/1808-8694.20120027     Document Type: Article

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