Title: A Clinico-Pathological Study of Oropharyngeal Malignancies
Authors: Rita Khanoria, Pankaj Chauhan
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.18535/jmscr/v8i8.25
Abstract
Oropharyngeal carcinoma in India has a high incidence and is often discovered at advanced stage, therefore has poor prognosis. More than 90% of them are squamous cell carcinoma. The study was carried out to study clinical aspects and pathological pattern of these tumors in rural area of India.
Keywords: Oropharyngeal, Prognosis, Squamous, Carcinoma, Rural.
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