Reasons for non-standard treatment in elderly patients with advanced head and neck cancer

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 262, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 21-26

  Derks, W ^a   De Leeuw, J R J ^a   Hordijk, G J ^a   Winnubst, J A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aged; Comorbidity; Head and neck neoplasms; Quality of life; Therapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PATIENT; CHRONOLOGY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HUMAN; HYPOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; LARYNX CARCINOMA; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; OROPHARYNX CARCINOMA; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TREATMENT PLANNING;

AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; HYPOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; OROPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 15244355328     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-004-0744-x     Document Type: Article

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