Quality of life of head and neck cancer patient: Validation of the European organization for research and treatment of cancer QLQ-C30 and European organization for research and treatment of cancer QLQ-H&N35 in Indian patients

Indian Journal of Cancer

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 178-184

  Chaukar, D A ^a   Das, A K ^a   Deshpande, M S ^a   Pai, P S ^a   Pathak, K A ^a   Chaturvedi, P ^a   Kakade, A C ^a   Hawaldar, R W ^a   D'Cruz, A K ^a  

^a TATA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Head and neck cancer; Quality of life; Validation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; INDIA; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NECK DISSECTION; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESEARCH; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY;

COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPE; FEMALE; GUIDELINES; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INDIA; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NECK DISSECTION; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 33644871027     PISSN: 0019509X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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