Prolonged facial edema is an indicator of poor prognosis in patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1313-1319

  Chen, Ming Huang ^a   Chang, Peter Mu Hsin ^a,b   Chen, Po Min ^a,b   Tzeng, Cheng Hwai ^a,b   Chu, Pen Yuan ^a,b   Chang, Shyue Yih ^a,b   Yang, Muh Hwa ^b  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Facial edema; Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; COMPRESSION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISTANT METASTASIS; FACE EDEMA; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NECK DISSECTION; PRIMARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; THICKNESS; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; EDEMA; FACE; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 81455150755     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-009-0754-8     Document Type: Article

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