A cross sectional quality of life study of 116 recurrence free head and neck cancer patients. The first use of EORTC H&N35 in Danish

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 28-37

  Jensen, Kenneth ^a   Jensen, Anders Bonde ^a   Grau, Cai ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CULTURAL FACTOR; DENMARK; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; LARYNX CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH CANCER; PHARYNX CANCER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCANDINAVIA; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE;

EID: 32244449183     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02841860500417536     Document Type: Article

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