Background. Head and neck cancer (HNC) has a high incidence in Brazil, with cancer of the oral cavity being one of the five most common cancers among Brazilians. Alcohol and tobacco consumption may contribute to synchronous or metachronous HNC and esophageal cancer. The early detection of superficia
Endoscopic screening of early esophageal cancer with the Lugol dye method in patients with head and neck cancers
β Scribed by Hitoshi Shiozaki; Hideaki Tahara; Kenji Kobayashi; Hiroshi Yano; Shigeyuki Tamura; Haruhiko Imamoto; Tokiharu Yano; Kunihiko Oku; Mikiyo Miyata; Kinji Nishiyama; Kazuko Kubo; Takesada Mori
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1990
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 420 KB
- Volume
- 66
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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