Predictive value of the fraction of cancer cells immunolabeled for proliferating cell nuclear antigen or Ki67 in biopsies of head and neck carcinomas to identify lymph node metastasis: Comparison with clinical and radiologic examinations
Background. Neck metastasis is a major prognostic factor of head and neck carcinoma, but its preoperative detection is currently unreliable. Molecular markers of the metastatic potential of a carcinoma would help to avoid unnecessary neck dissection in patients with nonmetastatic cancer. Methods. Th...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Head & neck 2003-04, Vol.25 (4), p.280-288 |
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