Patterns of delivery of radiation therapy in an inner-city population of head and neck cancer patients: An analysis of compliance and end results

Journal of Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 5-6, 1997, Pages 275-284

  Cathcart, Charles S ^a   Dunican, Annmarie ^a   Halpern, Joshua N ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Head and neck cancer; Inner city; Radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; POPULATION RESEARCH; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL TIME; URBAN AREA;

FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RADIOTHERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0031448672     PISSN: 00257850     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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