Co-morbidity and treatment outcomes of elderly pharyngeal cancer patients: A matched control study

Oral Oncology

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1159-1164

  Peters, Thomas T A ^a,c   Langendijk, Johannes A ^a   Plaat, Boudewijn E C ^a   Wedman, Jan ^a   Roodenburg, Jan L N ^a   Van Dijk, Boukje A C ^b   Sluiter, Wim J ^a   Van Der Laan, Bernard F A M ^a   Halmos, Gyorgy B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Integraal Kankercentrum Noord Nederland   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Co morbidity; Complication; Elderly; Pharyngeal cancer; Survival

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; COMPLICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; PHARYNX CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 82255162812     PISSN: 13688375     EISSN: 18790593     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2011.08.004     Document Type: Article

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