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Anatomical factors in the surgery of oral cancer
Author(s) -
McGregor Ian A.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
clinical anatomy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.667
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1098-2353
pISSN - 0897-3806
DOI - 10.1002/ca.980040602
Subject(s) - medicine , tongue , mandible (arthropod mouthpart) , floor of mouth , inferior alveolar nerve , oral cavity , medullary cavity , cancer , anatomy , cancer surgery , dentistry , pathology , botany , molar , biology , genus
Anatomical factors which play a major role in the clinical behaviour of cancers of the tongue, floor of mouth and lower alveolus, dentate and edentulous, are described, the manner in which tumor reaches and invades the mandible, and spreads both locally in the medullary cavity and perineurally along the inferior alveolar nerve. The influence of anatomical factors in the surgical approach to these tumors is also discussed.