Determinants of treatment waiting times for head and neck cancer in the Netherlands and their relation to survival

Oral Oncology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 272-278

  Van Harten, Michel C ^a   Hoebers, Frank J P ^b   Kross, Kenneth W ^c   Van Werkhoven, Erik D ^a   Van Den Brekel, Michiel W M ^a,d   Van Dijk, Boukje A C ^e,f  

^a NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e Department of Registration and Research   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Head and neck cancer; Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma; HNSCC; Prognosis; Survival; Treatment delay; Waiting time

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER THERAPY; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; CHILD; DYING; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOPHARYNX TUMOR; ICD-O-3; LARYNX TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH TUMOR; NASOPHARYNX TUMOR; NETHERLANDS; NOSE CAVITY TUMOR; OROPHARYNX TUMOR; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PARANASAL SINUS TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVARY GLAND TUMOR; SOCIAL STATUS; TUMOR GROWTH; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; INFANT; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK FACTOR; TIME FACTOR; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84923107658     PISSN: 13688375     EISSN: 18790593     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2014.12.003     Document Type: Article

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