Perineural invasion of head and neck skin cancer: Diagnostic and therapeutic implications

Current Oncology Reports

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 128-133

  Panizza, Benedict ^a,b   Warren, Timothy ^a,b  

^a PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Neurotropism; Perineural invasion; Skin cancer; Skull base surgery; Squamous cell carcinoma; Staging

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN 3;

ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; BELL PALSY; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER THERAPY; CARCINOMATOUS MENINGITIS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SPECIFIC SURVIVAL; FACIAL NERVE DISEASE; GENICULATE BODY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY; METASTASIS; MICROSCOPY; NEUROGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PERINEURAL INVASION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKIN CANCER; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGEMINUS GANGLION; TUMOR INVASION;

HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84879604987     PISSN: 15233790     EISSN: 15346269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11912-012-0288-y     Document Type: Article

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