[Alarm and detection signs of upper digestive and respiratory tract cancers].
Upper digestive and respiratory tract cancers represent, in frequency, the fourth cancer in the general population. They are responsible of non-specific symptoms. Clinical examination of this anatomical region is difficult for a layman for whom the specific material is not available to diagnose a small tumour The objective of this paper was to make more sensitive the general practictioners about these type of cancers.
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Yoann
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Pons
Antoine
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Luft
Claude
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Conessa
D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D012307:Risk Factors