Trends of prevalence and pathological spectrum of head and neck cancers in North India

Indian Journal of Cancer

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 89-93

  Ravi, Mehrotra ^a   Mamata, Singh ^a   Kishore, Gupta Raj ^a   Manish, Singh ^a   Anil K, Kapoor ^a  

^a MLN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Head neck malignancies; Histopathology; North India; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 26944433514     PISSN: 0019509X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-509x.16698     Document Type: Article

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