Use of Quality-of-life Assessment for Nasopharyngeal Cancer

Clinical Oncology

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 725-727

  Ringash, J ^a,b   Bezjak, A ^a,b  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Head and neck neoplasms; international; nasopharyngeal neoplasms; patterns of practice; quality of life; questionnaires

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NASOPHARYNX CANCER; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SYMPOSIUM;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33750489741     PISSN: 09366555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clon.2006.08.006     Document Type: Article

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