The role of professional diagnostic delays in the prognosis of upper aerodigestive tract carcinoma

Oral Oncology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 147-153

  Allison, P ^a   Franco, E ^b   Black, M ^b   Feine, J ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Head and neck cancer; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; HYPOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; LARYNX CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH CARCINOMA; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; OROPHARYNX CARCINOMA; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; QUEBEC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 19244386786     PISSN: 13688375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1368-8375(97)00088-2     Document Type: Article

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