How tumor stage affects surgeons' surveillance strategies after surgery for carcinoma of the upper aerodigestive tract

Cancer

Volumn 82, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1932-1937

  Johnson, Frank E ^a,b   Virgo, Katherine S ^a,b   Clemente, Marc F ^a,b   Johnson, Michael H ^a   Paniello, Randal C ^a,c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carcinoma; Surveillance; Survey; TNM stage; Upper aerodigestive tract

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL CARCINOMA; GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURGEON;

ADULT; AGED; BRONCHOSCOPY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; SURGERY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032525288     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0142(19980515)82:10<1932::AID-CNCR17>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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