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
Hauptverfasser: Liu, Ming, Lawson, Georges, Delos, Monique, Jamart, Jacques, Ide, Christophe, Coche, Emmanuel, Weynand, Birgit, Desuter, Gauthier, Hamoir, Marc, Remacle, Marc, Marbaix, Etienne
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