## BACKGROUND. Approximately 33% of patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity and oropharynx develop a recurrence. The management of recurrent tumors can be challenging to both physician and patient, at least in part due to the lack of an accurate and clinically applicable staging s
A restrospective analysis of surgery for the oral cavity and oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma
β Scribed by Rehan A. Kazi; Peter H.Rhys Evans
- Book ID
- 116809898
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 42 KB
- Volume
- 131
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0194-5998
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