Practice patterns and clinical guidelines for posttreatment follow-up of head and neck cancers: A comparison of 2 professional societies

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 309-313

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

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Box 8115 ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SECOND CANCER; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033034048     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archotol.125.3.309     Document Type: Article

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