Quality of life and oral function following radiotherapy for head and neck cancer

Head and Neck

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-11

  Epstein, Joel B ^a   Emerton, Sue ^a   Kolbinson, Dean A ^b   Le, Nhu D ^a   Phillips, Norm ^a   Stevenson Moore, Peter ^a   Osoba, David ^a  

^a BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Oral complications; Oral function; Patient survey; Quality of life; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; DENTAL CARIES; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASTICATION; MOUTH DISEASE; OROPHARYNX CANCER; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; WELLBEING;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH; NEOPLASM STAGING; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0032961711     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0347(199901)21:1<1::AID-HED1>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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