Impact of hospital volume on surgical outcome for head and neck cancer

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1001-1009

  Cheung, Michael C ^a   Koniaris, Leonidas G ^a   Perez, Eduardo A ^a   Molina, Manuel A ^a   Goodwin, W Jarred ^a   Salloum, Rabih M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; LARYNX CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAROTID GLAND CANCER; PHARYNX CANCER; PROGNOSIS;

FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; REGISTRIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 62149120644     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-008-0191-9     Document Type: Article

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