Patient and tumour factors associated with advanced carcinomas of the head and neck

Oral Oncology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 313-319

  Tromp, Debbie M ^a   Brouha, Xavier D R ^a   Hordijk, Gert Jan ^a   Winnubst, Jacques A M ^a   De Leeuw, Rob J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Delay; Diagnosis; Head and neck cancer; Prognosis; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HUMAN; LARYNX CARCINOMA; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH CARCINOMA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHARYNX CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 14644425387     PISSN: 13688375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2004.09.008     Document Type: Article

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