title: Survival analysis in a sample of oral cancer patients at a reference hospital in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
abstract: This article gives the results of a 5-year survival analysis of 371 oral cancer patients who received medical care at a cancer reference hospital in Rio de Janeiro between 1986 and 1987. Patient profiles based on selected risk factors for oral cancer and 5-year survival based on prognostically relevant variables are described.
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology, National School of Public Health, FIOCRUZ, Ministry of Health, Brazil.
authors.forename: I C
authors.initials: IC
authors.lastname: Leite
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Koifman
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality*; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D011379:Prognosis; D016019:Survival Analysis; D015996:Survival Rate