Processes and outcomes of head and neck cancer patients from geographically disparate regions of the UK. A comparison of Scottish and English cohorts

European Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1113-1118

  MacKenzie, K ^a   Savage, S A H ^a   Birchall, M A ^b  

^a GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b Clinical Sciences at South Bristol   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Audit; Head and neck cancer; Outcomes; Survival

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHARYNX CANCER; LARYNX CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; TONGUE CANCER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR BIOPSY; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM STAGING; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOTLAND; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70049115725     PISSN: 07487983     EISSN: 15322157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejso.2009.04.001     Document Type: Article

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