Prospective evaluation of quality of life in patients with oral and oropharyngeal cancer: From diagnosis to three months post-treatment

Oral Oncology

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 751-757

  Shepherd, Karen L ^a   Fisher, Sheila E ^b  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Oral cancer; Quality of life; Radiotherapy; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH CANCER; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; OROPHARYNX CANCER; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOM; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; OROPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 2542467788     PISSN: 13688375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2004.01.018     Document Type: Article

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