Treatment of stage III and IV supraglottic carcinoma: Should elderly patients undergo standard treatment protocols?

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 125, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1402-1104

  Bumpous, Jeffrey M ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GLOTTIS; HUMAN; LONGEVITY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0032764525     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archotol.125.12.1402     Document Type: Article

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