The effect of lymphocytic infiltration on clinical survival in cancer of the tongue.
Many factors have been claimed to influence the clinical prognosis of cancer of the tongue, one of them being the inflammatory response at the advancing tumor border. In a retrospective study of 60 patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the oral tongue, lymphocytic peritumoral inflammation was not found to be an objective prognostic marker.
Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000401:mortality* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016246:Lymphocytes, Tumor-Infiltrating / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D015996:Survival Rate; D014062:Tongue Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery