Using the TNM system to predict survival in squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck

Anticancer Research

Volumn 18, Issue 6 B, 1998, Pages 4777-4778

  Hall, Stephen F ^a,b   Groome, Patti A ^a   Rothwell, Deanna ^a   Dixon, Peter F ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HOTEL DIEU HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma; Survival; TNM system

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HUMAN; MODEL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS;

EID: 0032437723     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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