Background. Patients with head and neck cancer may face decisions between surgery or radiation (with or without chemotherapy) which involve significant trade-offs in functional outcomes. This preliminary investigation is designed to examine patients' priorities among the effects of treatments for he
A mathematical approach for establishing treatment priorities among patients
β Scribed by Joseph S. Pliskin; Clyde H. Beck
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Year
- 1980
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 542 KB
- Volume
- 1
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1573-1200
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