Oral Oncology
Volume 46, Issue 8 , Page 627 , August 2010

Letter to the editor: “Is preoperative ultrasonography accurate in measuring tumor thickness and predicting the incidence of cervical metastasis in oral cancer?”

Received 10 March 2010 ,Accepted 10 March 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2010.03.014

Oral Oncology
Volume 46, Issue 8 , Page 627 , August 2010

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