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Head and neck cancer in young black patients

✍ Scribed by Nahum, Alan M.

Publisher: Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
Year: 1983
Weight: 44 KB
Volume: 5
Category: Article
ISSN: 0148-6403
DOI: 10.1002/hed.2890050402

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✦ Synopsis

In this issue, G. J. Slotman and his colleagues review 1,066 patients with cancer of the head and neck (Head and Neck Cancer in a Young Age Group: High Incidence in Black Patients). They identify a significantly increased proportion of young black patients in the total group of black head and neck cancer cases.

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