British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 46, Issue 3 , Pages 187-191 , April 2008

Survival after diagnosis of cancer of the oral cavity

  • Katayoun Sargeran

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral Public Health, Institute of Dentistry, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 41, FI-00014, Helsinki, Finland
    • Department of Community Oral Health, School of Dentistry, Shaheed Beheshti Medical University (SBMU), Tehran, Iran
    • Iran Centre for Dental Research (ICDR), School of Dentistry, Shaheed Beheshti Medical University (SBMU), Tehran, Iran
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +358 9 19127301; fax: +358 9 19127346.
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  • Heikki Murtomaa

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral Public Health, Institute of Dentistry, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 41, FI-00014, Helsinki, Finland
    • ,
  • Seyed Mohammad Reza Safavi

      Affiliations

    • Iran Centre for Dental Research (ICDR), School of Dentistry, Shaheed Beheshti Medical University (SBMU), Tehran, Iran
    • ,
  • Miira M. Vehkalahti

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral Public Health, Institute of Dentistry, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 41, FI-00014, Helsinki, Finland
    • ,
  • Olli Teronen

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Dentistry, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 41, FI-00014, Helsinki, Finland

,Accepted 7 November 2007.

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PII: S0266-4356(07)00484-6

doi: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2007.11.004

British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 46, Issue 3 , Pages 187-191 , April 2008

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