Health-related quality of life in long-term head and neck cancer survivors: A comparison with general population norms

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 149-156

  Hammerlid, E ^a   Taft, C ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

EORTC QLQ H N35; Head and neck cancer; Health related quality of life (HRQL); SF 36; Survivors

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PAIN; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEAD CANCER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWALLOWING; XEROSTOMIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COUGH; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM STAGING; NORWAY; PAIN; PHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVIVORS; SWEDEN; TOOTH DISEASES;

EID: 0035147375     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/bjoc.2000.1576     Document Type: Article

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