Lymph node density in oral cavity cancer: Results of the International Consortium for Outcomes Research

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 109, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 2087-2095

  Patel, S G ^a   Amit, M ^b   Yen, T C ^c   Liao, C T ^c   Chaturvedi, P ^d   Agarwal, J P ^d   Kowalski, L P ^e   Ebrahimi, A ^f   Clark, J R ^f   Cernea, C R ^g   Brandao, S J ^g   Kreppel, M ^h   Zoller J ^h   Fliss, D ⁱ   Fridman, E ⁱ   Bachar, G ^j   Shpitzer, T ^j   Bolzoni, V A ^k   Patel, P R ^l   Jonnalagadda, S ^m   Robbins, K T ^a   Shah, J P ^a   Gil, Z ^b   more..

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^c CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d TATA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (India)

^e A C CAMARGO CANCER CENTER   (Brazil)

^f ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^h UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

ⁱ TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^j RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^k UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^l UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^m SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

lymph node density; oral cavity; squamous; survival

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DISEASE SPECIFIC SURVIVAL; DISTANT METASTASIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE DENSITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; ONCOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885925909     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2013.570     Document Type: Article

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