Relative importance of diagnostic delays in different head and neck cancers

Clinical Otolaryngology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 325-330

  Teppo, H ^a   Alho, O P ^b  

^a KANTA HÄME CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPY; LARYNX CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHARYNX CANCER; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TONGUE CANCER; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TONGUE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 49749142586     PISSN: 17494478     EISSN: 17494486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-4486.2008.01704.x     Document Type: Article

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