Characteristics of Head and Neck Cancer Patients Referred to an Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon in the United States for Management

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 555-561

  Holmes, Jon D ^a   Martin, R Andrew ^a   Gutta, Rajesh ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CAUCASIAN; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GINGIVA; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIP CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANDIBLE CANCER; MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; METASTASIS; MINOR SALIVA GLAND; MOUTH CANCER; ORAL SURGERY; OROPHARYNX CANCER; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY TUMOR; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH INSURANCE; SALIVARY GLAND CANCER; SMOKELESS TOBACCO; SMOKING; SOCIAL ASPECT; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TONGUE CANCER; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX RATIO; SMOKING; SURGERY, ORAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 76749121943     PISSN: 02782391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joms.2009.04.065     Document Type: Article

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