Cancer of the base of the tongue is usually not diagnosed until it is fairly advanced; the growth and extension of the tumor around the primary site often involve adjacent anatomic areas of functional importance, such as the pharynx and larynx. Multiple, bilateral lymph node metastases are usually p
Squamous carcinoma of the base of the tongue: A clinicopathologic study of 81 cases
β Scribed by John Rollo; Carlos V. Rozenbom; Stanley Thawley; Alvin Korba; Joseph Ogura; Carlos A. Perez; William E. Powers; Walter C. Bauer
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1981
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 904 KB
- Volume
- 47
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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