Open AccessEarly competing deaths in locally advanced head-and-neck cancer
Author(s) -
Sandeep Muzumder,
S Nirmala,
H U Avinash,
Prashanth Bhat Kainthaje,
Mg John Sebastian,
John Michael Raj
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
indian journal of palliative care/indian journal of palliative care
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.395
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1998-3735
pISSN - 0973-1075
DOI - 10.4103/ijpc.ijpc_91_18
Subject(s) - medicine , head and neck cancer , incidence (geometry) , odds ratio , univariate analysis , logistic regression , cancer , stage (stratigraphy) , larynx , retrospective cohort study , radiation therapy , confidence interval , disease , multivariate analysis , surgery , paleontology , physics , optics , biology
The competing (noncancer) deaths have increased with aggressive treatment approach and better disease control in locally advanced head-and-neck cancer.