On completion of curative treatment of head and neck cancer: Why follow up?

Current Opinion in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 142-146

  Morton, Randall P ^a,b   Hay, K David ^a   Macann, Andrew ^a  

^a AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b South Auckland Mail Centre ^*  (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Complications; Follow up; Head and neck cancer; Quality of life; Recurrence; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

BONE SCINTISCANNING; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER THERAPY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FOLLOW UP; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORBIDITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SURVIVAL TIME; VARIANCE;

APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MORBIDITY; NEOPLASMS, SECOND PRIMARY; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1842433777     PISSN: 10689508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00020840-200404000-00015     Document Type: Review

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