The impact of tonsillectomy upon the risk of oropharyngeal carcinoma diagnosis and prognosis in the Danish Cancer Registry

Cancer Prevention Research

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 583-589

  Fakhry, Carole ^a,b   Andersen, Klaus K ^c   Christensen, Jane ^c   Agrawal, Nishant ^a   Eisele, David W ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Milton J Dance Jr Head and Neck Center   (United States)

^c DANISH CANCER SOCIETY RESEARCH CENTER   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURVIVAL; DENMARK; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; OROPHARYNX CARCINOMA; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PALATINE TONSILLECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK REDUCTION; TONSIL CARCINOMA; WART VIRUS; AGED; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OROPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; REGISTER; RISK; TONSILLECTOMY;

ADULT; AGED; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OROPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGISTRIES; RISK; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 84942432498     PISSN: 19406207     EISSN: 19406215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1940-6207.CAPR-15-0101     Document Type: Article

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