Late presentation of laryngeal and nasopharyngeal cancer in Kenyatta National Hospital

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 223-226

  Oburra, H O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER; HEALTH CARE; SERVICE PROVISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CLINICAL FEATURE; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; LARYNX CANCER; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASOPHARYNX CANCER; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SCHOOL CHILD; TRACHEOSTOMY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; KENYA; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PALLIATIVE CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TIME FACTORS; TRACHEOSTOMY;

KENYA;

EID: 0031796483     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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