Retrospective study of survival and treatment pattern in a cohort of patients with oral and oropharyngeal tongue cancers from 1987 to 2004

Oral Oncology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 150-158

  Lam, Lisetta ^a   Logan, Richard M ^a   Luke, Colin ^b   Rees, Guy L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b Epidemiology Unit   (Australia)

^c Memorial Hospital   (Australia)

Author keywords

Oral cancer; Oral tongue carcinoma; Oropharyngeal tongue carcinoma; Squamous cell carcinoma; Survival; Treatment patterns

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH CANCER; OROPHARYNX CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TONGUE CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; OROPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; TONGUE NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33846649083     PISSN: 13688375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2005.12.030     Document Type: Article

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