Quality of life in patients with locally advanced head and neck cancer treated with chemoradiotherapy. Comparison of two protocols using the EORTC questionnaires (QLQ-C30, H&N35)

Clinical and Translational Oncology

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 398-403

  Urdaniz, Juan Ignacio Arraras ^a   De La Vega, Fernando Arias ^a   Burgaleta, Ana Manterola ^a   García, Ruth Vera ^a   Aguillo, Maite Martínez ^a   Pascual, Esteban Salgado ^a   López, Enrique Martínez ^a  

^a Universidad Pública de Navarra   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Evaluation; Head and neck cancer; Quality of life; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY;

FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 33644811304     PISSN: 1699048X     EISSN: 16993055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02716585     Document Type: Article

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