Oropharyngeal carcinoma and its treatment in Finland between 1995-1999: A nationwide study

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 263, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 139-143

  Mäkitie, Antti A ^a   Pukkila, Matti ^b   Laranne, Jussi ^c   Pulkkinen, Jaakko ^d   Vuola, Jyrki ^a   Bäck, Leif ^a   Koivunen, Petri ^e   Grénman, Reidar ^d  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^e OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Epithelial cancer; Oropharynx; Radiotherapy; Surgery; Survival; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK DISSECTION; NECK METASTASIS; OROPHARYNX CARCINOMA; OROPHARYNX TUMOR; PEDICLED SKIN FLAP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; OROPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 31544457349     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-005-0975-5     Document Type: Review

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