Organ preservation surgery for laryngeal cancer: The evolving role of the surgeon in the multidisciplinary head and neck cancer team

Operative Techniques in Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-2

  Weinstein, Gregory S ^a  

^a NONE

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Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SIZE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; EDITORIAL; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; GASTROSTOMY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HUMAN; LARYNGECTOMY; LARYNX CANCER; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESERVATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALVAGE THERAPY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURGEON; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEAMWORK; TRACHEOSTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0038825367     PISSN: 10431810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1043-1810(03)90033-9     Document Type: Article

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