The amount of treatment versus quality of life in patients formerly treated for head and neck squamous cell carcinomas

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 263, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 9-15

  Aarstad, H J ^a,b   Aarstad, A K H ^a,b   Lybak, S ^a,b   Monge, O ^a,b   Haugen, D F ^b   Olofsson, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Head and neck; Neck dissection; Quality of life; Radiation therapy; Squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER THERAPY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK DISSECTION; NORWAY; POPULATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; NECK DISSECTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 29344443862     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-005-0961-y     Document Type: Article

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