Impact of the treating institution on the survival of patients with head and neck cancer treated with concomitant alternating chemotherapy and radiation

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 39, Issue 13, 2003, Pages 1895-1898

  Benasso, M ^a   Lionetto, R ^a   Corvo R ^a   Ponzanelli, A ^a   Vitale, V ^a   Rosso, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alternating chemotherapy and radiation; Head and neck; Outcomes; Treating institution

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FRACTIONATION; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STANDARD; SURVIVAL RATE; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HEALTH FACILITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0142058243     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-8049(03)00487-8     Document Type: Article

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