Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 68, Issue 9 , Pages 2104-2110 , September 2010

Prognostic Factors and Outcome Analysis of Submandibular Gland Cancer: A Clinical Audit

Presented in part at AROICON; Mumbai, India; 2008.

  • Suman Mallik, MD, DNB

      Affiliations

    • Senior Registrar, Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India
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  • Jaiprakash Agarwal, MD

      Affiliations

    • Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to Dr Agarwal: Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Dr Ernest Road, Parel, Mumbai 400012, India
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  • Tejpal Gupta, MD, DNB

      Affiliations

    • Assistant Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India
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  • Shubhada Kane, MD

      Affiliations

    • Professor, Department of Pathology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India
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  • Sarbani Ghosh Laskar, MD, DNB

      Affiliations

    • Associate Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India
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  • Ashwini Budrukkar, MD, DNB

      Affiliations

    • Assistant Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India
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  • Vedang Murthy, MD

      Affiliations

    • Assistant Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India
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  • Vineeta Goel, MD, DNB

      Affiliations

    • Assistant Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India
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  • Sandeep Jain, MD

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Fellow, Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India

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doi: 10.1016/j.joms.2009.09.030

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 68, Issue 9 , Pages 2104-2110 , September 2010