Quality of life in patients with oropharyngeal carcinoma. Gender influences the subjective evaluation;Lebensqualität bei patienten mit oropharynxkarzinom: Das geschlecht beeinflusst die subjektive bewertung

HNO

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 376-381

  Baumann, I ^a   Seibolt, M ^b   Zalaman, I M ^b   Dietz, K ^c   Plinkert, P K ^a   Maassen, M M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carcinoma; Gender; Oropharynx; Patient characteristics; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HUMAN; MALE; OROPHARYNX CARCINOMA; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT FORM 36;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; OROPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 33646540149     PISSN: 00176192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00106-005-1330-2     Document Type: Article

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