Can metastatic lymph node ratio (LNR) predict survival in oral cavity cancer patients?

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 256-263

  Sayed, Suhail I ^a   Sharma, Shilpi ^a   Rane, Pawan ^a   Vaishampayan, Sagar ^a   Talole, Sanjay ^b   Chaturvedi, Pankaj ^a   Chaukar, Devendra ^a   Deshmukh, Anuja ^a   Agarwal, Jai Prakash ^b   D'Cruz, Anil K ^a  

^a Head Neck Services   (India)

^b TATA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

metastatic lymph node ratio; neck metastasis; oral cavity cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTANT METASTASIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPH NODE RATIO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; NECK DISSECTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

METASTATIC LYMPH NODE RATIO; NECK METASTASIS; ORAL CAVITY CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84882452226     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: 10969098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jso.23387     Document Type: Conference Paper

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