## Abstract ## Background. The purpose of this study was to analyze factors influencing outcome in patients who received postoperative irradiation for advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity. ## Methods. Between October 1964 and November 2000, 226 patients with 230 previously untreat
Squamous cell carcinoma of the oral tongue: A 22-year experience
β Scribed by C. Agyun; Omar M. Salazar; W. Sewchand; Roberta Strohl; Rosemarie Rottloff
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1984
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 232 KB
- Volume
- 10
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0360-3016
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