Prognostic factors of unknown primary head and neck squamous cell carcinoma

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 139, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 429-435

  Huang, Chun Chi ^a   Tseng, Fen Yu ^a   Yeh, Te Huei ^a   Wen, Yu Hsuan ^b   Hsu, Chuang Jen ^a   Ko, Jeng Yuh ^a   Lou, Pei Jen ^a   Chen, Yuh Shyang ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b BUDDHIST TZU CHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAZARD RATIO; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LOG RANK TEST; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NECK DISSECTION; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENESCENCE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASMS, UNKNOWN PRIMARY; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 49549125675     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2008.05.015     Document Type: Article

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