Importance of comorbidity in head and neck cancer

Laryngoscope

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 593-602

  Piccirillo, Jay F ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Comorbidity; Head and neck neoplasms; Outcomes; Prognosis; Treatment effectiveness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0034075674     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-200004000-00011     Document Type: Article

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