TNM-based stage groupings in head and neck cancer: application in cancer of the hypopharynx

Head and Neck

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-8

  Hall, Stephen F ^a,b   Groome, Patti A ^b   Irish, Jonathan ^c   O'Sullivan, Brian ^c  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hypopharynx cancer; Prognosis; Stage group

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; HYPOPHARYNX CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; HYPOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 58149513564     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.20917     Document Type: Article

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