Prognostic value of circulating tumor cells in patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Medical Oncology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2015, Pages

  Wang, Zhendan ^a   Cui, Kai ^b   Xue, Yan ^c   Tong, Feng ^b   Li, Sheng ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JINAN   (China)

^b SHANDONG CANCER HOSPITAL AND INSTITUTE   (China)

^c QILU CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Circulating tumor cells; Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma; Meta analysis; Prognostic

Indexed keywords

CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CIRCULATING TUMOR CELL; DISEASE COURSE; HEAD AND NECK SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; META ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TUMOR GROWTH; BLOOD; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR EMBOLISM; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASTIC CELLS, CIRCULATING; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 84928395353     PISSN: 13570560     EISSN: 1559131X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12032-015-0579-x     Document Type: Review

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