Quality of life experienced by patients receiving radiation treatment for cancers of the head and neck

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 255-263

  Rose, Pauline ^a,b   Yates, Patsy ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b Queensland Radium Institute   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anxiety and depression; Head and neck cancer; Quality of life (QOL); Radiation theraphy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WELLBEING;

EID: 0034896254     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002820-200108000-00002     Document Type: Article

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