Unequal burden of head and neck cancer in the United States

Head and Neck

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 358-371

  Goodwin, W Jarrard ^a   Thomas, Giovana R ^a   Parker, Dorothy F ^a   Joseph, Debbie ^b   Levis, Silvina ^a   Franzmann, Elizabeth ^a   Anello, Charles ^a   Hu, Jennifer J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Larynx; Oral; Pharynx; Race

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURVIVAL; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; LARYNX CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH CANCER; PHARYNX CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEER PROGRAM; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 41649095976     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.20710     Document Type: Article

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