Cancer

Research conducted at Brigham and Women's Hospital has updated our knowledge about cancer

Published in Women's Health Law Weekly, March 29th, 2009

"Evaluate the impact of primary site stage and cervical metastasis on the survival of patients with squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the hard palate or maxillary alveolus. Cross-sectional population analysis of prospectively maintained database," scientists in the United States report.

"Cases of hard palate and maxillary alveolus SCC from 1988-2004 were extracted from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results database. Demographic data and extent of disease were extracted for each case, and T-stage, and N-stage were computed. Survival differences according to T-stage and N-stage were determined with the Kaplan-Meier method and the log-rank test. Four hundred...

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Source: Women's Health Law Weekly (2009-03-29)

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