Oral Oncology
Volume 40, Issue 8 , Pages 780-786 , September 2004

Predictive factors of occult metastasis and prognosis of clinical stages I and II squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue and floor of the mouth

  • Tânia Mara Pimenta Amaral

      Affiliations

    • Department of Semiology and Pathology, School of Dentistry, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Rua Juiz de Fora, 1090/102, 30180-061 Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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  • Addah Regina da Silva Freire

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, School of Dentistry, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Av: Arthur Bernades, 60/1501, 30350-310 Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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  • André Lopes Carvalho

      Affiliations

    • Department of Head and Neck Surgery and Otorhinolaryngology, Centro de Tratamento e Pesquisa Hospital do Cancer A.C. Camargo, Rua Prof. Antônio Prudente, 211, 01509-900 São Paulo, Brazil
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  • Clóvis Antônio Lopes Pinto

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Centro de Tratamento e Pesquisa Hospital do Cancer A.C. Camargo, Rua Prof. Antônio Prudente, 211, 01509-900 São Paulo, Brazil
    • ,
  • Luiz Paulo Kowalski

      Affiliations

    • Department of Head and Neck Surgery and Otorhinolaryngology, Centro de Tratamento e Pesquisa Hospital do Cancer A.C. Camargo, Rua Prof. Antônio Prudente, 211, 01509-900 São Paulo, Brazil
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +55-11-3341-0325; fax: +55-11-3277-6789

Received 9 September 2003 ,Accepted 14 October 2003.

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doi: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2003.10.009

Oral Oncology
Volume 40, Issue 8 , Pages 780-786 , September 2004

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