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Spontaneous regression of squamous cell carcinoma in the setting of dental infection and needle biopsy

To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of spontaneous regression of squamous cell carcinoma within a lymph node. We speculate that prior dental infection, fever, and biopsy incited an antitumor immune reaction.

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Autores principales: Divakar, Prashanthi, Khan, Muhammad J., Polacco, Marc, Kerr, Darcy A., Paydarfar, Joseph A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7562853/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33088519
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.3024
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spelling pubmed-75628532020-10-20 Spontaneous regression of squamous cell carcinoma in the setting of dental infection and needle biopsy Divakar, Prashanthi Khan, Muhammad J. Polacco, Marc Kerr, Darcy A. Paydarfar, Joseph A. Clin Case Rep Case Reports To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of spontaneous regression of squamous cell carcinoma within a lymph node. We speculate that prior dental infection, fever, and biopsy incited an antitumor immune reaction. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2020-08-04 /pmc/articles/PMC7562853/ /pubmed/33088519 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.3024 Text en © 2020 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
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Kerr, Darcy A.
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title Spontaneous regression of squamous cell carcinoma in the setting of dental infection and needle biopsy
title_full Spontaneous regression of squamous cell carcinoma in the setting of dental infection and needle biopsy
title_fullStr Spontaneous regression of squamous cell carcinoma in the setting of dental infection and needle biopsy
title_full_unstemmed Spontaneous regression of squamous cell carcinoma in the setting of dental infection and needle biopsy
title_short Spontaneous regression of squamous cell carcinoma in the setting of dental infection and needle biopsy
title_sort spontaneous regression of squamous cell carcinoma in the setting of dental infection and needle biopsy
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7562853/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33088519
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.3024
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