## Abstract Staging systems for cancer, including the most universally used TNM classification system, have been based almost exclusively on anatomic information. However, the question arises whether staging systems should be based on this information alone. Other parameters have been identified th
Problems in the current TNM staging of nonmelanoma skin cancer of the head and neck
β Scribed by Yoav P. Talmi
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 78 KB
- Volume
- 29
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1043-3074
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