Racial differences in stage and survival in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma

Laryngoscope

Volumn 117, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 770-775

  Nichols, Anthony C ^a,b   Bhattacharyya, Neil ^b,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Head and neck cancer; Laryngeal cancer; Race

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; DATA EXTRACTION; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LARYNX CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TONGUE; TONGUE CARCINOMA;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; SEER PROGRAM; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 34247857524     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLG.0b013e318033c800     Document Type: Article

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