The natural history of untreated squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck: How we do it

Clinical Otolaryngology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 384-388

  Jeannon, J P ^a   Ofu, E ^a   Balfour, A ^a   Bowman, J ^a   Simo, R ^a  

^a GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; GASTROSTOMY; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE; TRACHEOSTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBE FEEDING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84860407765     PISSN: 17494478     EISSN: 17494486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-4486.2011.02325.x     Document Type: Letter

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