Matched analysis of survival in patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck diagnosed before and after 40 years of age

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 130, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 869-873

  Pytynia, Kristen B ^a   Grant, Jonathan R ^a   Etzel, Carol J ^a   Roberts, Dianna ^a   Wei, Qingyi ^a   Sturgis, Erich M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; MALE; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TEXAS;

EID: 3142755689     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archotol.130.7.869     Document Type: Article

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