Quality of life in advanced oropharyngeal carcinoma after chemoradiation versus surgery and radiation

Laryngoscope

Volumn 116, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1589-1593

  Mowry, Sarah E ^a   Ho, Allen ^a   LoTempio, Maria M ^a   Sadeghi, Ahmad ^b   Blackwell, Keith E ^a,b   Wang, Marilene B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Oropharyngeal carcinoma; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE; FLUOROURACIL;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASTICATION; MOOD; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; OROPHARYNX CARCINOMA; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SALIVATION; SPEECH; SWALLOWING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OROPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33748540732     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mlg.0000233244.18901.44     Document Type: Article

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