Comorbidity in head and neck cancer: A critical appraisal and recommendations for practice

Oral Oncology

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 712-719

  Paleri, Vinidh ^a   Wight, Richard G ^b   Silver, Carl E ^c   Haigentz Jr , Missak ^c   Takes, Robert P ^d   Bradley, Patrick J ^e   Rinaldo, Alessandra ^f   Sanabria, Alvaro ^g   Bień, Stanisław ^h   Ferlito, Alfio ^f  

^a NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTH TEES HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSIDAD DE LA SABANA   (Colombia)

^h Holycross Cancer Centre   (Poland)

Author keywords

Comorbidity; Head and neck cancer; Morbidity; Mortality; Oral cancer; Prognosis; Quality of life; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; ALCOHOLISM; CANCER INCIDENCE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; LARYNX CANCER; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; MOUTH CANCER; OROPHARYNX CANCER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; SALIVARY GLAND TUMOR; SELF REPORT;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SMOKING;

EID: 77956152928     PISSN: 13688375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2010.07.008     Document Type: Review

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