Volume-based trends in surgical care of patients with oropharyngeal cancer

Laryngoscope

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 738-745

  Gourin, Christine G ^a   Forastiere, Arlene A ^a   Sanguineti, Giuseppe ^b   Marur, Shanthi ^a   Koch, Wayne M ^a   Bristow, Robert E ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

oropharyngeal neoplasms; squamous cell cancer; surgery.; Volume

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GLOSSECTOMY; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK DISSECTION; OROPHARYNX CANCER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHARYNX RECONSTRUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGEON; TONSILLECTOMY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FORECASTING; GLOSSECTOMY; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; MANDIBLE; MARYLAND; MIDDLE AGED; NECK DISSECTION; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; OROPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHARYNGECTOMY; SURGICAL FLAPS; TONGUE NEOPLASMS; TONSILLECTOMY; UTILIZATION REVIEW; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953114370     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lary.21457     Document Type: Article

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