Cancer of the oral cavity: A comparison between institutions in a developing and a developed nation

Head and Neck

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 31-38

  Carvalho, André L ^a   Singh, Bhuvanesh ^b   Spiro, Ronald H ^b   Kowalski, Luiz P ^a   Shah, Jatin P ^b  

^a A C CAMARGO CANCER CENTER   (Brazil)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Developed nations; Developing nations; Oral cavity cancer; Outcome; Squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; TOBACCO SMOKE;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; GENDER; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH CANCER; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING TEST; SECOND CANCER; SMOKING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNITED STATES;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; BRAZIL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASMS, SECOND PRIMARY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0346965805     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.10354     Document Type: Article

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