Comorbidity in nasopharyngeal carcinoma: A preliminary communication on the prevalence, descriptive distribution and impact on outcome

Clinical Otolaryngology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 484-488

  Ramakrishnan, Y ^a   Paleri, V ^a   Shah, R ^b   Steen, I N ^b   Wight, R G ^b   Kelly, C G ^a  

^a FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER SURVIVAL; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMORBIDITY; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 36849057798     PISSN: 17494478     EISSN: 17494486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-4486.2007.01543.x     Document Type: Article

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