Eating ability in head and neck cancer patients after treatment with chemoradiation: A 12-month follow-up study accounting for dropout

Head and Neck

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1034-1041

  Rademaker, Alfred W ^a   Vonesh, Edward F ^b   Logemann, Jeri A ^c   Pauloski, Barbara Roa ^c   Liu, Dachao ^a   Lazarus, Cathy L ^c   Newman, Lisa A ^d,e   May, Annette Hamner ^d,e   MacCracken, Ellen ^f   Gaziano, Joy ^g   Stachowiak, Linda ^g  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BAXTER HEALTHCARE CORPORATION   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemoradiation; Dropout; Dysphagia; Generalized linear models; Head and neck cancer

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DYSPHAGIA; EATING HABIT; EVALUATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SIDE EFFECT; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; EATING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DROPOUTS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 10744228470     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.10317     Document Type: Article

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