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Delay in pathological tissue processing time vs. mortality in oral cancer: Short communication

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. Green open access

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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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