Impact of young age on prognosis for head and neck cancer: A matched-pair analysis

Head and Neck

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 269-273

  Gilroy, Jeffrey S ^a   Morris, Christopher G ^a   Amdur, Robert J ^a   Mendenhall, William M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Larynx; Oral cavity; Oropharynx; Radiotherapy; Squamous cell carcinoma; Treatment outcomes; Young patients

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; LARYNX; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATCHED PAIR ANALYSIS; ONSET AGE; OROPHARYNX; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SECOND CANCER; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; MALE; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASMS, SECOND PRIMARY; OROPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 15744390027     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.20145     Document Type: Review

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