Comorbidity and diagnostic delay in cancer of the larynx, tongue and pharynx

Oral Oncology

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 692-695

  Teppo, Heikki ^a   Alho, Olli Pekka ^b  

^a KANTA HÄME CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Carcinoma; Comorbidity; Diagnostic delay; Head and neck neoplasms; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMORBIDITY; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LARYNX CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHARYNX CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TONGUE CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TONGUE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 67650457404     PISSN: 13688375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2008.10.012     Document Type: Article

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