Basaloid squamous cell carcinoma (BSCC) of the head and neck is a recently described high-grade variant of squamous cell carcinoma. It is a biologically virulent neoplasm with a propensity for nodal, as well as systemic, metastases. Because of the limited number of published reports, we reviewed dat
Radiotherapy or surgery for head and neck squamous cell cancer : Establishing the baseline for hypopharyngeal carcinoma?
β Scribed by Stephen F. Hall; Patti A. Groome; Jonathan Irish; Brian O'Sullivan
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 333 KB
- Volume
- 115
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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