Assessment of quality of life of nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients with EORTC QLQ-C30 and H&N-35 modules

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1347-1353

  Cengiz, Mustafa ^a   Özyar, Enis ^a   Esassolak, Mustafa ^a   Altun, Musa ^a   Akmansu, Müge ^a   Şen, Mehmet ^a   Uzel, Ömer ^a   Yavuz, Aydin ^a   Dalmaz, Gamze ^a   Uzal, Cem ^a   Hiçsönmez, Ayşe ^a   Sarihan, Süreyya ^a   Kaplan, Bünyamin ^a   Atasoy, Beste Melek ^a   Ulutin, Cüneyt ^a   Abacioǧlu, Ufuk ^a   Demiral, Ayşe Nur ^a   Hayran, Mutlu ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; EORTC questionnaire; Nasopharyngeal cancer; Quality of life; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

CHEMOTHERAPY; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASES; DOSIMETRY; HEALTH; RADIOTHERAPY; TUMORS;

EORTC QUESTIONNAIRE; NASOPHARYNGEAL CANCER; QUALITY OF LIFE (QOL); SYMPTOMS;

ONCOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; KRUSKAL WALLIS TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION DOSE; RANK SUM TEST; RATING SCALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TURKEY (BIRD);

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TURKEY;

EID: 27744513810     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2005.05.057     Document Type: Article

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