Journal of the Chinese Medical Association
Volume 70, Issue 4 , Pages 164-170 , April 2007

Clinicopathologic Evaluation of Prognostic Factors for Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Buccal Mucosa

  • Cheng-Hui Huang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Sau-Tung Chu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dr Sau-Tung Chu, Department of Otolaryngology, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, 386, Ta-Chung 1st Road, Kaohsiung 813, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Luo-Ping Ger

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Epidemiology and Department of Medical Education and Research, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Yu-Yi Hou

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • Fooyin University Hospital, Ping-Tong, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Chih-Pei Sun

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Epidemiology and Department of Medical Education and Research, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Received 6 September 2006 ,Accepted 8 March 2007.

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PII: S1726-4901(09)70351-X

doi: 10.1016/S1726-4901(09)70351-X

Journal of the Chinese Medical Association
Volume 70, Issue 4 , Pages 164-170 , April 2007

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