Age as a prognostic factor for head and neck squamous cell carcinoma: Should older patients be treated differently?

Journal of Otolaryngology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 8-12

  Cinamon, Udi ^a,b   Hier, Michael P ^a   Black, Martin J ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Elderly; Head and neck cancer; Squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

AGED; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; METASTASIS; MORTALITY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33645032871     PISSN: 03816605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7070.2005.4076     Document Type: Review

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