The importance of long-term follow-up of head and neck cancer patients for reliable survival analysis

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 133, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 877-881

  Martins Priante, Antonio Vitor ^a   Carvalho, André Lopes ^a   De Cássia Braga Ribeiro, Karina ^a   Contesini, Hirde ^a   Kowalski, Luiz Paulo ^b  

^a A C CAMARGO CANCER CENTER   (Brazil)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; RELIABILITY; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 29144518583     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2005.08.011     Document Type: Article

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