Background. The purpose of this study was to investigate the incidence and clinical significance of genetically diagnosed lymph node micrometastasis for patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). Methods. A total of 495 lymph nodes obtained from 21 patients with primary oral SCCs that had p5
Clinical benefit of chemosensitivity test for patients with regional lymph node–positive esophageal squamous cell carcinoma
✍ Scribed by Mikihito Nakamori; Makoto Iwahashi; Masaki Nakamura; Hiroki Yamaue
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 92 KB
- Volume
- 84
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-4790
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