Quality of life after treatment for laryngeal carcinomas

ORL

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 253-258

  Olthoff, A ^a   Steuer Vogt, M K ^b   Licht, K ^c   Sauer Goenen, M ^d   Werner, C ^a   Ambrosch, P ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^d HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Laryngeal carcinoma; Partial laryngectomy; Quality of life; Radiotherapy; Total laryngectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; LARYNGECTOMY; LARYNX CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; LARYNGECTOMY; LARYNGOSCOPY; LASER SURGERY; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33748443598     PISSN: 03011569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000093094     Document Type: Article

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