The effect of waiting time on local control and survival in head and neck carcinoma patients treated with radiotherapy

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 277-281

  León, Xavier ^a   De Vega, Manuel ^a   Orús, César ^a   Morán, Josep ^a   Vergés, Juan ^a   Quer, Miquel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Head and neck carcinoma; Radiotherapy; Waiting time

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HEAD CANCER; HISTOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOPHARYNX CANCER; LARYNX CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MOUTH CARCINOMA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NECK CANCER; OROPHARYNX CANCER; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT; PHARYNX CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURVIVAL; TIME; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

EID: 0037724014     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(03)00022-7     Document Type: Article

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