Glottic cancer in Ontario, Canada and the SEER areas of the United States: Do different management philosophies produce different outcome profiles?

• Published in: Journal of clinical epidemiology Vol. 54; no. 3; pp. 301 - 315
• Main Authors: Groome, Patti A., O'Sullivan, Brian, Irish, Jonathan C., Rothwell, Deanna M., Math, Karleen Schulze M., Bissett, Randy J., Dixon, Peter R., Eapen, Libni J., Gulavita, Sunil P.P., Hammond, J.Alex, Hodson, D.Ian, Mackenzie, Robert G., Schneider, Ken M., Warde, Padraig R., Mackillop, William J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01.03.2001; Elsevier
• Subjects: Aged; Bias; Biological and medical sciences; Canada - epidemiology; Cohort Studies; Combined Modality Therapy; Female; Glottis; Humans; Laryngeal Neoplasms - mortality; Laryngeal Neoplasms - radiotherapy; Laryngeal Neoplasms - surgery; Laryngeal neoplasms—glottis; Laryngectomy; Laryngectomy - statistics & numerical data; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Neoplasm Staging; Otorhinolaryngology (head neck, general aspects and miscellaneous); Otorhinolaryngology. Stomatology; Outcomes assessment; Physician's practice patterns; Practice Patterns, Physicians; Radiotherapy; Registries; SEER Program; Survival Rate; Treatment Outcome; Tumors; United States - epidemiology; Physician's practice patterns; Laryngeal neoplasms—glottis; Radiotherapy; Laryngectomy; Outcomes assessment; Human; Prognosis; Treatment; Surgery; ENT disease; Larynx disease; Malignant tumor; Glottis; Survival

We compared the management and outcome of glottic cancer in Ontario, Canada to that in the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) Program areas in the United States to determine whether the greater use of primary radiotherapy with surgery reserved for salvage in Ontario was associated wit...