Analysis of 2167 head and neck cancer patients' management, treatment compliance and outcomes from a regional cancer centre, Delhi, India

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 49-56

  Mohanti, Bidhu K ^a   Nachiappan, P ^a   Pandey, R M ^a   Sharma, A ^a   Bahadur, S ^a   Thakar, A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE ROTARY CANCER HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Compliance; Head and neck neoplasms; India; Outcome assessment, patient

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER CENTER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; HYPOPHARYNX CANCER; INDIA; LARYNX CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MOUTH CANCER; NORWAY; OROPHARYNX CANCER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; SEX RATIO; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33846828768     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022215106002751     Document Type: Article

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