Elderly patients with head and neck cancer: Physical, social and psychological aspects after 1 year

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 124, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 509-514

  Derks, Wynia ^a   De Leeuw, Rob ^a   Winnubst, Jacques ^a   Hordijk, Gerrit Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Depression; Elderly; Head and neck neoplasm; Quality of life; Social support therapy

Indexed keywords

AGED; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; HEAD CANCER; HUMAN; LARYNX CANCER; MALE; MOUTH CANCER; NECK CANCER; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHARYNX CANCER; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 2942754333     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016480310000656     Document Type: Conference Paper

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