Reexamining the treatment of advanced laryngeal cancer: The VA laryngeal cancer study revisited

Head and Neck

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 7-14

  Wolf, Gregory T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Advanced; Cancer; Larynx; Outcomes; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER THERAPY; LARYNGECTOMY; LARYNX CANCER; NOTE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE;

CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; LARYNGECTOMY; NEOPLASM STAGING; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROGNOSIS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 75149178657     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.21296     Document Type: Note

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