Prognostic factors of survival in head and neck cancer patients treated with surgery and postoperative radiation therapy

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 128, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 706-712

  Le Tourneau, Christophe ^a   Jung, Guy Michel ^b   Borel, Christian ^b   Bronner, Guy ^c   Flesch, Henri ^c   Velten, Michel ^b,d  

^a BEAUJON HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Paul Strauss Comprehensive Cancer Center   (France)

^c Sainte Barbe Clinic   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Head and neck cancer; Prognostic factors; Radiation therapy; Survival

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OVERALL SURVIVAL; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIME; TREATMENT DURATION; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 45849121399     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: 16512553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016480701675668     Document Type: Article

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