Quality of life and disease-specific functional status following microvascular reconstruction for advanced (T3 and T4) oropharyngeal cancers

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 105, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1628-1634

  Netscher, David T ^a   Meade, Ricardo A ^a   Goodman, Cynthia M ^a   Alford, Eugene L ^a   Stewart, Michael G ^a  

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MICROVASCULAR SURGERY; OROPHARYNX CANCER; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034112963     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-200004050-00005     Document Type: Article

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