Quality of life in patients with oropharyngeal carcinoma after primary surgery and postoperative irradiation

Journal of Otolaryngology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 332-337

  Baumann, Ingo ^a   Seibolt, Marc ^b   Zalaman, Ilse ^b   Dietz, Klaus ^b   Maassen, Marcus ^b   Plinkert, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Oropharyngeal carcinoma; Quality of life; SF 36 Health Survey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IRRADIATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OROPHARYNX CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OROPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33751255377     PISSN: 03816605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7070.2006.0077     Document Type: Review

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