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Invasion characteristics of oral tongue cancer

Frequency of reporting and effect on survival in a population-based study

  1. Michael Goodman MD, MPH1,†,*,
  2. Lihua Liu PhD2,
  3. Kevin Ward PhD1,3,
  4. Juanjuan Zhang MS2,
  5. Lyn Almon MPH3,
  6. Gan Su BS4,
  7. Lenard Berglund DMA2,
  8. Amy Chen MD, MPH5,6,
  9. Uttam K. Sinha MS, MD7,
  10. John L. Young DrPH1,3

Article first published online: 23 JUN 2009

DOI: 10.1002/cncr.24459

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Cancer

Cancer

Volume 115, Issue 17, pages 4010–4020, 1 September 2009

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Goodman, M., Liu, L., Ward, K., Zhang, J., Almon, L., Su, G., Berglund, L., Chen, A., Sinha, U. K. and Young, J. L. (2009), Invasion characteristics of oral tongue cancer. Cancer, 115: 4010–4020. doi: 10.1002/cncr.24459

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  1. 1

    Department of Epidemiology, Emory University Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta, Georgia

  2. 2

    Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California

  3. 3

    Georgia Center for Cancer Statistics, Atlanta, Georgia

  4. 4

    Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine-Georgia Campus, Suwanee, Georgia

  5. 5

    Department of Otolaryngology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia

  6. 6

    Health Services Research, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, Georgia

  7. 7

    Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California

  1. †

    Fax: (404) 727-8737

*Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, 1518 Clifton Road, NE, Atlanta, GA 30322

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 20 AUG 2009
  2. Article first published online: 23 JUN 2009
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 28 JAN 2009
  4. Manuscript Revised: 26 JAN 2009
  5. Manuscript Received: 6 OCT 2008

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