Temporal assessment of quality of life of head and neck cancer patients receiving radical radiotherapy

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 8, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 73-78

  Chawla, S ^a   Mohanti, B K ^a   Rakshak, M ^a   Saxena, S ^b   Rath, G K ^a   Bahadur, S ^b  

^a INSTITUTE ROTARY CANCER HOSPITAL   (India)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Head and neck cancer; Qualify of life; Temporal assessment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; BIOPSY; COUNSELING; DEPRESSION; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032808661     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026476928283     Document Type: Article

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