Matched case-control study of quality of life and xerostomia after intensity-modulated radiotherapy or standard radiotherapy for head-and-neck cancer: Initial report

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 725-731

  Jabbari, Siavash ^a   Kim, Hyungjin M ^a   Feng, Mary ^a   Lin, Alexander ^a   Tsien, Christina ^a   Elshaikh, Mohamed ^a   Terrel, Jeffrey E ^a   Murdoch Kinch, Carol ^a   Eisbruch, Avraham ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HOSPITALS   (United States)

Author keywords

Head and neck cancer; IMRT; Quality of life; Radiotherapy; Xerostomia

Indexed keywords

PATIENT TREATMENT; RADIOTHERAPY; TUMORS;

HEAD AND NECK CANCER; IMRT; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ONCOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EATING; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; IRRADIATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS; XEROSTOMIA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 25844527680     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2005.02.045     Document Type: Article

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