Feasibility study of the retrospective use of the Adult Comorbidity Evaluation index (ACE-27) in patients with cancer of the head and neck who had radiotherapy

British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 283-288

  Rogers, Simon N ^a   Aziz, Amir ^b   Lowe, Derek ^c   Husband, David J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AINTREE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c Mossley Cheshire   (United Kingdom)

^d CLATTERBRIDGE CENTRE FOR ONCOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ACE 27; Comorbidity; Head and neck cancer; Radiotherapy; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CANCER CENTER; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RECURRENCE RISK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; COMORBIDITY; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RECURRENCE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 33745279427     PISSN: 02664356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2005.06.025     Document Type: Article

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