Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma in patients aged ≥80 years: Patterns of care and survival

Cancer

Volumn 113, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 3160-3168

  Italiano, Antoine ^a   Ortholan, Cecile ^a   Dassonville, Olivier ^a   Poissonnet, Gilles ^a   Thariat, Juliette ^a   Benezery, Karen ^a   Vallicioni, Jacques ^a   Peyrade, Fred́éric ^a   Marcy, Pierre Yves ^a   Bensadoun, René Jean ^a  

^a CENTRE ANTOINE LACASSAGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Elderly; Geriatric oncology; Head and neck cancer; Hypofractionated schedule; Radiotherapy; Squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GILLES DE LA TOURETTE SYNDROME; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; MOUTH TUMOR; RECURRENT DISEASE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURVIVAL;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; RECURRENCE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TOURETTE SYNDROME;

EID: 58149379299     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.23931     Document Type: Article

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