Jerjes, W;
Upile, T;
Radhi, H;
Petrie, A;
Adams, A;
Callear, J;
Kafas, P;
(2012)
Delay in pathological tissue processing time vs. mortality in oral cancer: Short communication.
Head & Neck Oncology
, 4
, Article 14. 10.1186/1758-3284-4-14.
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Abstract
Several factors have been identified to affect morbidity and mortality in oral cancer patients. The time taken to process a resected cancer specimen in a patient presenting with primary or recurrent disease can be of interest as delay can affect earlier interventions post-surgery. We looked at this variable in a group of 168 consecutive oral cancer patients and assessed its relationship to mortality from the disease at 3 and 5 years. It is expected that delay in pathological processing time of surgical specimens acquired from patients with recurrent disease may increase or contribute to the increased rate of mortality. Further high evidence-based studies are required to confirm this.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Delay in pathological tissue processing time vs. mortality in oral cancer: Short communication |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1186/1758-3284-4-14 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1758-3284-4-14 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2012 Jerjes et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. PubMed ID: 22537656 |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Eastman Dental Institute UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Eastman Dental Institute > EDI MaxFac, Diagnostic, Med and Surg Sci |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1375843 |
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