Cell-in-cell phenomenon associates with aggressive characteristics and cancer-related mortality in early oral tongue cancer

Abstract Background Cell-in-cell structures (caused by cell cannibalistic activity) have been related to prognosis of many cancers. This is the first multi-institutional study to assess the prognostic impact of cell-in-cell structures in a large cohort of early oral tongue squamous cell carcinomas (...

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Main Authors: Alhadi Almangush, Antti A. Mäkitie, Jaana Hagström, Caj Haglund, Luiz Paulo Kowalski, Pentti Nieminen, Ricardo D. Coletta, Tuula Salo, Ilmo Leivo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-09-01
Series:BMC Cancer
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12885-020-07342-x