Background. Tongue cancer is seen with increasing frequency in young individuals. There is controversy concerning the clinical course and outcome for oral tongue cancer in young patients. Methods. A retrospective review of 36 patients under 40 years of age with squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue
Squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue in children
✍ Scribed by Taina Usenius; Juhani Kärjä; Yrjö Collan
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1987
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 333 KB
- Volume
- 60
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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