A prospective quality of life study of patients with laryngeal carcinoma by tumor stage and different radiation therapy schedules

Laryngoscope

Volumn 108, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 747-759

  Hammerlid, Eva ^a   Mercke, Claes ^b   Sullivan, Marianne ^b   Westin, Thomas ^b  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CELL FRACTIONATION; DEPRESSION; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LARYNGECTOMY; LARYNX CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; LARYNGECTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE;

EID: 0031899339     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-199805000-00023     Document Type: Article

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