The use of nuclear morphometry for the prediction of survival in patients with advanced cancer of the larynx

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 256, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 257-261

  Dobros W ^a,b   Gil, K ^a   Chlap Z ^a   Olszewski, E ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

^b NONE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Kariometric analysis; Laryngeal carcinoma; Prognostic factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LARYNX CARCINOMA; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NECK DISSECTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0033033288     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004050050153     Document Type: Article

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