Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma from an unknown primary site

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 286-290

  Wallace, Audrey ^a   Richards, Greg M ^b   Harari, Paul M ^b   Kirwan, Jessica M ^a   Morris, Christopher G ^a   Katakam, Haritha ^a   Mendenhall, William M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER OF UNKNOWN PRIMARY SITE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HUMAN; HYPOPHARYNX; LARYNX; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASOPHARYNX; OROPHARYNX; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, UNKNOWN PRIMARY; RADIATION DOSAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79959860725     PISSN: 01960709     EISSN: 1532818X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2010.05.004     Document Type: Article

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