Head and neck cancer in transplant recipients

Current Opinion in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 122-126

  Gourin, Christine G ^a   Terris, David J ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Head and neck cancer; Posttransplant lymphoproliferative disease; Skin cancer; Squamous cell cancer; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; KAPOSI SARCOMA; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN CANCER; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SUN EXPOSURE; TRANSPLANTATION;

CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, ALCOHOLIC; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDERS; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SARCOMA, KAPOSI; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 1842538129     PISSN: 10689508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00020840-200404000-00012     Document Type: Review

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