Epidemiology of nasopharyngeal carcinoma in the United States: Improved survival of Chinese patients within the keratinizing squamous cell carcinoma histology

Annals of Oncology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 29-35

  Ou, S H Ignatius ^a,b   Zell, J A ^a,b   Ziogas, A ^b   Anton Culver, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Ethnicity; Nasopharyngeal carcinoma; Prognosis; SEER

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KERATINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; SEER PROGRAM; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33846516389     PISSN: 09237534     EISSN: 15698041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdl320     Document Type: Article

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