Demographic, aetiological and survival differences of oral squamous cell carcinoma in the young and the old in Sri Lanka

Oral Oncology

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 831-836

  Siriwardena, B S M S ^a   Tilakaratne, A ^a   Amaratunga, E A P D ^a   Tilakaratne, W M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Habits; Older; OSCC; Primary site; Three year survival; Younger

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHEEK MUCOSA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOUTH CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SRI LANKA; TONGUE CARCINOMA; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALVEOLAR PROCESS; ARECA; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAW NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH MUCOSA; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING; SRI LANKA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TONGUE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33748093754     PISSN: 13688375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2005.12.001     Document Type: Article

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