Relationships between tumor volume and lymphatic metastasis and prognosis in early oral tongue cancer

Clinical and Experimental Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 243-248

  Joo, Young Hoon ^a   Hwang, Se Hwan ^a   Sun, Dong Il ^a   Cho, Kwang Jae ^a   Park, Jun Ook ^a   Kim, Min Sik ^a  

^a The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Computer assisted image processing; Lymphatic metastasis; Magnetic resonance imaging; Tongue neoplasms; Tumor burden

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890033462     PISSN: 19768710     EISSN: 20050720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3342/ceo.2013.6.4.243     Document Type: Article

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