Evaluation of quality of life in patients definitively treated for squamous carcinoma of the head and neck

Current Opinion in Oncology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 215-220

  List, Marcy A ^a,b   Stracks, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b University of Chicago   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; BONE NECROSIS; CANCER PAIN; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DEPRESSION; EATING DISORDER; ESOPHAGUS STRICTURE; FACE DEFORMITY; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HUMAN; ORGAN PRESERVATION; PERFORMANCE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SPEECH DISORDER; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION PROCESS; XEROSTOMIA;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 0034519461     PISSN: 10408746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001622-200005000-00006     Document Type: Review

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