Head and neck cancer in the elderly: A cohort study in 40 patients

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 59-64

  Sesterhenn, Andreas M ^a   Teymoortash, Afshin ^a   Folz, Benedikt J ^a   Werner, Jochen A ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHOTREXATE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; LARYNX CARCINOMA; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COHORT STUDIES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERMANY; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 13844271993     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02841860510007431     Document Type: Article

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