Current Trends in the Follow-up of Head and Neck Cancer Patients in the UK

Clinical Oncology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 114-118

  Joshi, A ^a   Calman, F ^b   O'Connell, M ^b   Jeannon, J P ^a   Pracy, P ^a   Simo, R ^a  

^a GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Follow up; head and neck cancer; imaging; recurrence; surveillance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; METASTASIS; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTAL MAIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENT CANCER; SALIVARY GLAND CANCER; THYROID CANCER; TREND STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM;

FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 75249107272     PISSN: 09366555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clon.2009.11.004     Document Type: Article

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