cavity is reflected in its ability to metastasize to regional cervical lymph nodes. Patients with clinically negative cervical lymph nodes are believed to have a good
Multivariate analysis of occult lymph node metastasis as a prognostic indicator for patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity
β Scribed by Donald I. Promish
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 60 KB
- Volume
- 82
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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