Head and neck rhabdomyosarcoma: A critical analysis of population-based incidence and survival data

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 145, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 967-973

  Turner, Justin H ^a   Richmon, Jeremy D ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Carcinoma; Incidence; Rhabdomyosarcoma; Sarcoma; SEER; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; CAUSE OF DEATH; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; EMBRYONAL RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INCIDENCE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INCIDENCE; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA, ALVEOLAR; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA, EMBRYONAL; SEER PROGRAM; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856067225     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: 10976817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0194599811417063     Document Type: Article

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