Changes from 1992 to 2002 in the pretreatment delay for patients with squamous cell carcinoma of larynx or pharynx: A Danish nationwide survey from DAHANCA

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 156-161

  Primdahl, Hanne ^a   Nielsen, Anni Linnet ^b   Larsen, Susanne ^c   Andersen, Elo ^d   Ipsen, Merete ^e   Lajer, Christel ^b   Vestermark, Lene Weber ^c   Andersen, Lisbeth J ^e   Hansen, Hanne Sand ^b   Overgaard, Marie ^a   Overgaard, Jens ^a   Grau, Cai ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

^c ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^e AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CENTER; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HUMAN; INFANT; LARYNX CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHARYNX CARCINOMA; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREMEDICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THERAPY DELAY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33645098237     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02841860500423948     Document Type: Article

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