Quality of life of patients undergoing surgical treatment of head and neck malignancy

Clinical Otolaryngology and Allied Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 524-532

  Lloyd, S ^a,b   Devesa Martinez, P ^a   Howard, D J ^a   Lund, V J ^a  

^a ROYAL NATIONAL THROAT NOSE AND EAR HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHWICK PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Head and neck neoplasms; Quality of life; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; HYPOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; LARYNX CARCINOMA; MALE; MOUTH CARCINOMA; NOSE CARCINOMA; OROPHARYNX CARCINOMA; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SALIVA; SCORING SYSTEM; SHOULDER; SPEECH;

AGED; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0345375478     PISSN: 03077772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2273.2003.00762.x     Document Type: Article

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