The effect of treating institution on outcomes in head and neck cancer

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (United States)

Volumn 147, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1083-1092

  Lassig, Amy Anne D ^a   Joseph, Anne M ^a   Lindgren, Bruce R ^b   Fernandes, Patricia ^a   Cooper, Sarah ^a   Schotzko, Chelsea ^a   Khariwala, Samir ^a   Reynolds, Margaret ^a   Yueh, Bevan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Head and neck cancer; Outcomes; Radiation; Treating institution

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SMOKING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CANCER CENTER; CANCER STAGING; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL RATE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; CANCER CARE FACILITIES; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84872677167     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: 10976817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0194599812457324     Document Type: Article

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