The effect of age on survival and quality of life in elderly head and neck cancer patients: A long-term prospective study

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 264, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 415-422

  Van Der Schroeff, Marc P ^a   Derks, Wynia ^a   Hordijk, Gerrit Jan ^a   De Leeuw, Rob J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Age; Head and neck cancer; Quality of life; Survival

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROUPS BY AGE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; HYPOPHARYNX CANCER; LARYNX CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH CANCER; OROPHARYNX CANCER; PHARYNX CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SURVIVAL RATE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33847669724     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-006-0203-y     Document Type: Article

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