Primary surgery versus chemoradiotherapy for advanced oropharyngeal cancers: A longitudinal population study

Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 42, Issue APR, 2013, Pages

  O'Connell, Daniel ^a   Seikaly, Hadi ^a   Murphy, Russell ^a   Fung, Charles ^a   Cooper, Tim ^a   Knox, Aaron ^a   Scrimger, Rufus ^a   Harris, Jeffrey R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN; DOXORUBICIN; FLUOROURACIL; TAXANE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; DISEASE SPECIFIC SURVIVAL; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OROPHARYNGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; OROPHARYNX CARCINOMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURVIVAL RATE; CANCER STAGING; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MORTALITY; OROPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; OROPHARYNX; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SURGERY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TUMOR INVASION;

CAUSE OF DEATH; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; OROPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; OROPHARYNX; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84896931704     PISSN: 19160216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1916-0216-42-31     Document Type: Article

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