Optimizing the assessment of quality of life after laryngeal cancer treatment

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 118, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 432-438

  Lee Preston, V ^a   Steen, I N ^b   Dear, A ^a   Kelly, C G ^c   Welch, A R ^a   Meikle, D ^a   Stafford, F W ^a   Wilson, J A ^a  

^a FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Head and Neck Neoplasms; Head Disorders; Laryngeal Neoplasms; Quality of Life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; LARYNGECTOMY; LARYNX CARCINOMA; MALE; MORBIDITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; LARYNGECTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL ISOLATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 3142583519     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/002221504323219554     Document Type: Article

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