Recurrent salivary gland malignancies present difficult therapeutic decisions and poor prognosis in many instances, and treatment becomes of a palliative nature only. As many of the salivary gland malignancies we see are of the recurrent type, the following study was done to determine the efficacy o
Salivary gland malignant neoplasms: Treatment and prognosis
β Scribed by Arne Borthne; Kjell Kjellevold; Olav Kaalhus; Halvor Vermund
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1986
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 958 KB
- Volume
- 12
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0360-3016
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