Effectiveness of routine follow-up of patients treated for T1-2N0 oral squamous cell carcinomas of the floor of mouth and tongue

Head and Neck

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-7

  Merkx, Matthias Adrianus Wilhelmus ^a   Van Gulick, Joris Jan Martijn ^a   Marres, Henri August Marie ^a   Kaanders, Johannus Hendrikus Antonius Maria ^a   Bruaset, Ingolv ^a   Verbeek, André ^a   De Wilde, Peter Christianus Martinus ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Follow up; Oral cavity; Squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL TIME; TONGUE CARCINOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH FLOOR; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASMS, SECOND PRIMARY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TONGUE NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 30744434638     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.20296     Document Type: Article

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