Does TANIS (T and N integer score) help predict survival?

Journal of Otolaryngology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 8-12

  Hall, Stephen F ^a   Groome, Patti A ^a   Dixon, Peter F ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cancer; Head and neck; Staging systems; TANIS; TNM

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0030964114     PISSN: 03816605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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