Oral Oncology
Volume 40, Issue 7 , Pages 673-678 , August 2004

Detection of cervical intranodal metastasis in oral cancer using elastic scattering spectroscopy

  • W Jerjes

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University College London Hospitals, London WC1E 6AU, UK
    • ,
  • B Swinson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University College London Hospitals, London WC1E 6AU, UK
    • ,
  • D Pickard

      Affiliations

    • National Medical Laser Centre, University College London, London W1W 7EJ, UK
    • ,
  • G.J Thomas

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral Pathology, University College London Hospitals and Eastman Dental Institute, London WC1E 6JJ, UK
    • ,
  • C Hopper

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University College London Hospitals, London WC1E 6AU, UK
    • National Medical Laser Centre, University College London, London W1W 7EJ, UK
    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, The Eastman Dental Institute for Oral Health Care Sciences, London WC1X 8LD, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Present address: Maxillofacial Unit, Mortimer Market, London WC1E 6AU, UK. Tel.: +44-207-380-9855

Received 25 November 2003 ,Accepted 22 December 2003.

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doi: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2004.01.009

Oral Oncology
Volume 40, Issue 7 , Pages 673-678 , August 2004

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