Late stage diagnosis of oral cancer: Components and possible solutions

Oral Oncology

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1131-1136

  Güneri, Pelin ^a   Epstein, Joel B ^b,c,d  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Consultation and referral; Delayed diagnosis; Early detection of cancer; Oral cancer

Indexed keywords

TOLONIUM CHLORIDE;

ADVANCED CANCER; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MOUTH CANCER; REVIEW; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PROGNOSIS; TIME;

DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; HUMANS; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84913532616     PISSN: 13688375     EISSN: 18790593     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2014.09.005     Document Type: Review

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