Tongue squamous cell carcinoma as a possible distinct entity in patients under 40 years old

Oncology Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 2099-2102

  Fang, Qi Gen ^a   Shi, Shuang ^a   Liu, Fa Yu ^a   Sun, Chang Fu ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Oral cancer; Oral tongue; Squamous cell carcinoma; Young patients

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CANCER PROGNOSIS; DISEASE SPECIFIC SURVIVAL; DISTANT METASTASIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; RECURRENCE FREE SURVIVAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TOBACCO USE; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; VERY ELDERLY;

EID: 84898922591     PISSN: 17921074     EISSN: 17921082     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/ol.2014.2054     Document Type: Article

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