Tonsillar squamous cell carcinoma: Are we making a difference?

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 145, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 236-241

  Miller, Mia E ^a   Elashoff, David A ^a   Abemayor, Elliot ^a   St John, Maie ^a  

^a UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

SEER; Squamous cell carcinoma; Tonsil

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURGERY; DISEASE SPECIFIC SURVIVAL; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EAR NOSE THROAT SURGERY; ETHNICITY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; OVERALL SURVIVAL; SEX; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TONSIL CARCINOMA; TONSILLAR SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TONSIL TUMOR; TONSILLECTOMY;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEER PROGRAM; SURVIVAL RATE; TONSILLAR NEOPLASMS; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 84855836779     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: 10976817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0194599811401799     Document Type: Article

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