Detailed quality of life assessment in patients treated with primary radiotherapy for squamous cell cancer of the base of the tongue

Head and Neck

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 169-175

  Harrison, Louis B ^a   Zelefsky, Michael J ^a   Pfister, David G ^a   Carper, Elise ^a   Raben, Adam ^a   Kraus, Dennis H ^a   Strong, Elliot W ^a   Rao, Arun ^a   Thaler, Howard ^a   Polyak, Tatiana ^a   Portenoy, Russell ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

quality of life; radiotherapy; tongue cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DYSPHAGIA; EMPLOYABILITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TASTE DISORDER; TONGUE CARCINOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 0008082959     PISSN: 01486403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0347(199705)19:3<169::aid-hed1>3.0.co;2-0     Document Type: Article

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