Squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck in Ontario, Canada, and in Southeastern Norway

Laryngoscope

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 695-701

  Hall, Stephen F ^a,c   Boysen, Morten ^b   Groome, Patti A ^a   Mackillop, William ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Head and neck; Outcome analysis; Reliability; Squamous carcinoma; TNM staging; Treatment

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NORWAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELIABILITY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ADULT; CANADA; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); DATABASES; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASM STAGING; NORWAY; ONTARIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0037384388     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-200304000-00021     Document Type: Article

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