Recurrent laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma: rTNM versus composite laryngeal recurrence staging system. Proposal for a modification of the CLRSS to improve patient classification

Head and Neck

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 939-945

  Léon, Xavier ^a   López, Montserrat ^a   García, Jacinto ^a   Viza, Ignacio ^a   Gich, Ignasi ^a   Quer, Miquel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Laryngeal carcinoma; Prognosis; Recurrence; Staging; TNM

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LARYNGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; LARYNX CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 47549106176     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.20798     Document Type: Article

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