Changes in quality-of-life scores in a population of patients treated for squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck

Head and Neck

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 487-493

  McDonough, Erin M ^a,b   Varvares, Mark A ^a   Dunphy, Frank R ^b   Dunleavy, Teresa ^b   Dunphy, Cherie H ^a   Boyd, James H ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b S LOUIS UNIV HLTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; PACLITAXEL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029823230     PISSN: 01486403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0347(199611/12)18:6<487::aid-hed1>3.0.co;2-z     Document Type: Article

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