Late recurrence from salivary gland cancer: When does "cure" mean cure?

Cancer

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 340-344

  Chen, Allen M ^a,c   Garcia, Joaquin ^a   Granchi, Phillip J ^a   Johnson, Jessica ^b   Eisele, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cure; Head and neck; Late recurrence; Salivary gland cancer

Indexed keywords

ACINAR CELL CARCINOMA; ADENOCARCINOMA; ADENOID CYSTIC CARCINOMA; ADENOSQUAMOUS CARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RECURRENCE; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; METASTASIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SALIVARY GLAND CANCER; SALVAGE THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; SALIVARY GLAND NEOPLASMS; SALVAGE THERAPY;

EID: 38049033305     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.23165     Document Type: Article

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