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V.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Алымов</surname><given-names>Ю. В.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="RU">Russian Federation</country></address><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Department of Oncology</p><p>2/1 Barrikadnaya St., Moscow 125993, Russia</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>Кафедра онкологии</p><p>Россия, 125993 Москва, Баррикадная, 2/1</p></bio><email>allmedperevod@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Russian Medical Academy of Continuous Professional Education at the Ministry of Health of Russia</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">ФГБОУ ДПО «Российская медицинская академия непрерывного профессионального образования» Минздрава России</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2017-04-02" publication-format="electronic"><day>02</day><month>04</month><year>2017</year></pub-date><volume>7</volume><issue>1</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en"/><issue-title xml:lang="ru"/><fpage>31</fpage><lpage>41</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2017-04-02"><day>02</day><month>04</month><year>2017</year></date><date date-type="accepted" iso-8601-date="2017-04-02"><day>02</day><month>04</month><year>2017</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2017, Alymov Y.V.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2017, Алымов Ю.В.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2017</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Alymov Y.V.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Алымов Ю.В.</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://ogsh.abvpress.ru/jour/article/view/233">https://ogsh.abvpress.ru/jour/article/view/233</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p/></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p/></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>squamous cell carcinoma</kwd><kwd>mucosal lining</kwd><kwd>oral cavity</kwd><kwd>subclinical regional metastases</kwd><kwd>ultrasound investigation</kwd><kwd>B-mode</kwd><kwd>elastometry</kwd><kwd>elastography</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>плоскоклеточный рак</kwd><kwd>слизистая оболочка</kwd><kwd>полость рта</kwd><kwd>субклинические регионарные метастазы</kwd><kwd>ультразвуковое исследование</kwd><kwd>B-режим</kwd><kwd>эластометрия</kwd><kwd>эластография</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group/></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="en">1. 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