Oral Oncology
Volume 46, Issue 1 , Pages 38-41 , January 2010

Is preoperative ultrasonography accurate in measuring tumor thickness and predicting the incidence of cervical metastasis in oral cancer?

  • S. Mark Taylor

      Affiliations

    • Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 1V7
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Dalhousie University, Suite 3044-Dickson Bldg, 5820 University Avenue, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 1V7. Tel.: +1 902 473 5752; fax: +1 902 473 4016.
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  • Chris Drover

      Affiliations

    • Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 1V7
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  • Ron MacEachern

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 1V7
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  • Martin Bullock

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 1V7
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  • Robert Hart

      Affiliations

    • Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 1V7
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  • Brian Psooy

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 1V7
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  • Jonathan Trites

      Affiliations

    • Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 1V7

Received 7 September 2009 ,Revised 7 October 2009 ,Accepted 8 October 2009.

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☆ This paper was presented at the 2nd International Academy of Oral Oncology Meeting in Toronto, Ontario, July 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2009.10.005

Oral Oncology
Volume 46, Issue 1 , Pages 38-41 , January 2010

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