Does waiting time for radiotherapy affect local control of T1N0M0 glottic laryngeal carcinoma?

Clinical Otolaryngology and Allied Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 215-218

  Brouha, X D R ^a   Op De Coul, B ^b   Terhaard, C H J ^a   Hordijk, G J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Laryngeal cancer; Radiotherapy; Waiting time

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CIGARETTE SMOKING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLOTTIS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; LARYNX CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLOTTIS; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 0033926561     PISSN: 03077772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2273.2000.00347.x     Document Type: Article

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