Treatment of hypopharyngeal carcinoma: Analysis of nationwide study in the Netherlands over a 10-year period

Clinical Otolaryngology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 52-57

  Sewnaik, A ^a   Hoorweg, J J ^b   Knegt, P P ^a   Wieringa, M H ^a   Van Der Beek, J M H ^c   Kerrebijn, J D F ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Dept Otolaryngol Head/Neck Surg   (Netherlands)

^c MARTINI HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Hypopharyngeal carcinoma; Radiotherapy; Surgery; Survival

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; NETHERLANDS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 17244376995     PISSN: 17494478     EISSN: 17494486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2273.2004.00913.x     Document Type: Article

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