Disadvantage of men living alone participating in radiation therapy oncology group head and neck trials

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 24, Issue 25, 2006, Pages 4177-4183

  Konski, Andre A ^a   Pajak, Thomas F ^a   Movsas, Benjamin ^a   Coyne, James ^a   Harris, Jonathan ^a   Gwede, Clement ^a   Garden, Adam ^a   Spencer, Sharon ^a   Jones, Christopher ^a   Watkins Bruner, Deborah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DOSE FRACTIONATION; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDIES; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33748673108     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2006.06.2901     Document Type: Article

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