Predictive factors of occult neck metastasis in patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma

ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION: It is well established that cervical lymph node metastasis is the most important prognostic factor in patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma of the upper aerodigestive tract. The definition of parameters and classifications that could separate patients in groups of low, i...

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Main Authors: Renato Fortes Bittar, Homero Penha Ferraro, Marcelo Haddad Ribas, Carlos Neutzling Lehn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier
Series:Brazilian Journal of Otorhinolaryngology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1808-86942016000500543&lng=en&tlng=en