Cellular dissociation: a missing item in the pathology report and histologic grading of oral tongue cancer?

Alhadi Almangush^{1

2

3

4}, Antti A Mäkitie^{5

6

7}, Ilmo Leivo^{8

9}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pathology, University of Helsinki, 3 (P.O. Box 21), N00014, HaartmaninkatuHelsinki, Finland. alhadi.almangush@helsinki.fi.
² Faculty of Medicine, Research Program in Systems Oncology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland. alhadi.almangush@helsinki.fi.
³ Institute of Biomedicine, Pathology, University of Turku, Turku, Finland. alhadi.almangush@helsinki.fi.
⁴ Faculty of Dentistry, Misurata University, Misurata, Libya. alhadi.almangush@helsinki.fi.
⁵ Faculty of Medicine, Research Program in Systems Oncology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
⁶ Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.
⁷ Division of Ear, Nose and Throat Diseases, Department of Clinical Sciences, Intervention and Technology, Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
⁸ Institute of Biomedicine, Pathology, University of Turku, Turku, Finland.
⁹ Turku University Central Hospital, Turku, Finland.

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Alhadi Almangush et al. Virchows Arch. 2022 Mar.

. 2022 Mar;480(3):717-718.

doi: 10.1007/s00428-022-03270-2. Epub 2022 Jan 10.

Alhadi Almangush^{1

2

3

4}, Antti A Mäkitie^{5

6

7}, Ilmo Leivo^{8

9}

¹ Department of Pathology, University of Helsinki, 3 (P.O. Box 21), N00014, HaartmaninkatuHelsinki, Finland. alhadi.almangush@helsinki.fi.
² Faculty of Medicine, Research Program in Systems Oncology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland. alhadi.almangush@helsinki.fi.
³ Institute of Biomedicine, Pathology, University of Turku, Turku, Finland. alhadi.almangush@helsinki.fi.
⁴ Faculty of Dentistry, Misurata University, Misurata, Libya. alhadi.almangush@helsinki.fi.
⁵ Faculty of Medicine, Research Program in Systems Oncology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
⁶ Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.
⁷ Division of Ear, Nose and Throat Diseases, Department of Clinical Sciences, Intervention and Technology, Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
⁸ Institute of Biomedicine, Pathology, University of Turku, Turku, Finland.
⁹ Turku University Central Hospital, Turku, Finland.

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The prognostic role of histologic grade, worst pattern of invasion, and tumor budding in early oral tongue squamous cell carcinoma: a comparative study.
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