## Abstract ## Background The purpose of this study was to evaluate the prognostic significance of different TNMβbased stage groupings proposed in the literature. ## Methods We conducted a retrospective analysis of 300 patients with primary oral squamous cell carcinoma (T1β4, N0β2, M0). The stag
The prognostic and staging implications of bone invasion in oral squamous cell carcinoma
β Scribed by Ardalan Ebrahimi; Rajmohan Murali; Kan Gao; Michael S. Elliott; Jonathan R. Clark
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 499 KB
- Volume
- 117
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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