Meta-analysis of the prognostic significance of perinodal spread in head and neck squamous cell carcinomas (HNSCC) patients

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1863-1868

  Dunne A A ^a   Muller H H ^a   Eisele, D W ^b   Kessel K ^a   Moll, R ^a   Werner, J A ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

HNSCC; Meta analysis; Perinodal spread; Prognostic significance; Survival

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; METHODOLOGY; PAPER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PUBLICATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURVIVAL TIME;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; ODDS RATIO; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 33746659105     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2006.01.062     Document Type: Article

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