Nasopharyngectomy and surgical margin status: A survival analysis

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 133, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1296-1301

  Vlantis, Alexander C ^a   Tsang, Raymond K Y ^a   Yu, Brian K H ^a   Kam, Michael K M ^a   Tong, Michael C F ^a   Lo, Phoebe S Y ^a   Van Hasselt, C Andrew ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; EAR NOSE THROAT SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASOPHARYNX; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; NOSE; PHARYNGECTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 37349009755     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: 08864470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archotol.133.12.1296     Document Type: Article

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