Oral Oncology
Volume 38, Issue 4 , Pages 378-382 , June 2002

Evaluation of T-classifications of upper gingival and hard palate carcinomas—a proposition for new criterion of T4

Received 7 June 2001 ,Accepted 18 June 2001.

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Oral Oncology
Volume 38, Issue 4 , Pages 378-382 , June 2002