Oral Oncology
Volume 38, Issue 7 , Pages 664-669 , October 2002

Lymph node metastasis of oral cancer visualized in live tissue by green fluorescent protein expression

  • Satoru Shintani

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Ehime University School of Medicine, 454 Shitukawa, Shigenobu-chou, Onsen-gun, Ehime, 791-0295 Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81-89-960-5392; fax: +81-89-960-5396
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  • Mariko Mihara

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Ehime University School of Medicine, 454 Shitukawa, Shigenobu-chou, Onsen-gun, Ehime, 791-0295 Japan
    • ,
  • Yuuji Nakahara

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Ehime University School of Medicine, 454 Shitukawa, Shigenobu-chou, Onsen-gun, Ehime, 791-0295 Japan
    • ,
  • Tadateru Aida

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral Pathology, Showa University, School of Dentistry, 2-1-1, Kitasenju, Ohta-Ku, Tokyo, 145-8515, Japan
    • ,
  • Tetsuhiko Tachikawa

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral Pathology, Showa University, School of Dentistry, 2-1-1, Kitasenju, Ohta-Ku, Tokyo, 145-8515, Japan
    • ,
  • Hiroyuki Hamakawa

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Ehime University School of Medicine, 454 Shitukawa, Shigenobu-chou, Onsen-gun, Ehime, 791-0295 Japan

Received 3 December 2001 ,Accepted 12 December 2001.

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Oral Oncology
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