Significance of autopsy in patients with head and neck cancer;Stellenwert der Autopsie bei Patienten mit Kopf-Halstumoren

Laryngo- Rhino- Otologie

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 375-380

  Sesterhenn, A M ^a   Szalay, A ^b   Zimmermann, A P ^b   Werner, J A ^b   Barth, P J ^c   Wiegand, S ^b  

^a STÄDTISCHES KLINIKUM SOLINGEN   (Germany)

^b UKGM   (Germany)

^c UKGM   (Germany)

Author keywords

autopsy; cancer; head and neck

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CACHEXIA; CANCER PATIENT; CAUSE OF DEATH; DISEASE COURSE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METASTASIS; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND CANCER; TUMOR BLEEDING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOPSY; BIOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM GRADING; NEOPLASM STAGING; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SURVIVAL RATE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 84861571549     PISSN: 09358943     EISSN: 14388685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1306363     Document Type: Article

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