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Biologia dei tumori squamocellulari

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Tumori della testa e del collo

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I tumori della testa e del collo (HNSCC) comprendono quelli che originano dall’epitelio del tratto prossimale delle vie aero-digestive (cavo orale, faringe, laringe, seni paranasali e ghiandole salivari); essi rappresentano la sesta causa di morte per cancro nel mondo [1].

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  1. Dept. of Internal Medicine and Oncology, Attikon University Hospital, University of Athens Med. Sch., Athens, Greece

    Amanda Psyrri

  2. Dept. of Internal Medicine, Section of Medical Oncology, Yale University Sch. of Med., New Heaven, CT, USA

    Amanda Psyrri

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Rampias, T., Psyrri, A. (2011). Biologia dei tumori squamocellulari. In: Tumori della testa e del collo. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-1806-8_7

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