Prospective evaluation of quality of life and nutrition before and after treatment for nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 133, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 533-540

  Oates, Justine E ^a   Clark, Jonathan R ^a   Read, Jane ^a   Reeves, Nicole ^a   Gao, Kan ^a   Jackson, Michael ^a   Boyer, Michael ^a   O'Brien, Christopher J ^a  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CORRELATION FUNCTION; COUGHING; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPHAGIA; EATING DISORDER; EMOTION; FATIGUE; FEEDING APPARATUS; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GENERAL ASPECTS OF DISEASE; HEALTH; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; NAUSEA; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PAIN; PARESTHESIA; PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY; PHYSICIAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SALIVA; SALIVARY GLAND DISEASE; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STOMACH TUBE; THERAPY EFFECT; TOOTH DISEASE; TRISMUS; WEIGHT REDUCTION; XEROSTOMIA;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; COHORT STUDIES; COUGH; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; EATING DISORDERS; EMOTIONS; ENTERAL NUTRITION; FATIGUE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROSTOMY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; SALIVA; SENSATION DISORDERS; TOOTH DISEASES; TRISMUS; WEIGHT LOSS; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 34250820388     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: 08864470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archotol.133.6.533     Document Type: Article

References (21)

1. Rodriguez-Monge E, Shin D, Lippman S. Head and neck cancer. In: Pazdur R, ed. Medical Oncology: A Comprehensive Review. Huntington, NY: PRR Inc; 1997:1-21.
2. Faivre S, Janot F, Armand J. Optimal management of nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Curr Opin Oncol. 2004;16:231-235.
3. Cella DF, Cherin E. Quality of life during and after cancer treatment. Compr Ther. 1988;14:69-75.
4. Greene F, Page D, Fleming I, et al. AJCC Cancer Staging Manual. 6th ed. New York, NY: Springer-Verlag NY Inc; 2002:33-42.
5. de Haes J, Curran C, Young T, et al; EORTC Quality of Life Study Group. Quality of life evaluation in oncological trials - the EORTC model. Eur J Cancer. 2000;36:821-825.
6. Aaronson NK, Ahmedzai S, Bergman B, et al. The European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer QLQ-C30: a quality-of-life instrument for use in international clinical trials in oncology. J Natl Cancer Inst. 1993;85:365-376.
7. Hjermstad MJ, Fossa S, Bjordal K, Kaas S. Test/retest study of the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Core Quality-of-Life Questionnaire. J Clin Oncol. 1995;13:1249-1254.
8. Groenvold M, Klee M, Sprangers M, Garonson N. Validation of the EORTC QLQC30 quality of life questionnaire through combined qualitative and quantitative assessment of patient-observer agreement. J Clin Epidemiol. 1997;50:441-450.
9. Bjordal K, Ahlner-Elmqvist M, Tollesson E, et al; EORTC Quality of Life Study Group. Development of a European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) questionnaire module to be used in life assessments in head and neck cancer patients. Acta Oncol. 1994;33:879-885.
10. Bjordal K, Hammerlid E, Ahlner-Elmqvist M, et al. Quality of life in head and neck cancer patients: validation of the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire-H&N 35. J Clin Oncol. 1999;17:1008-1019.
11. Bjordal K, de Graeff A, Fayers PM, et al; EORTC Quality of Life Group. A 12 country field study of the EORTC QLQ-C30 (version 3.0) and the head and neck cancer specific module (EORTC QLQ-H&N35) in head and neck patients. Eur J Cancer. 2000;36:1796-1807.
12. Sherman AC, Simonton S, Adams D, Vural E, Owens B, Hanna E. Assessing quality of life in patients with head and neck cancer, cross validation of the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) Quality of Life Head and Neck module (QLQ-H&N35). Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2000;126:459-467.
13. Chie WC, Hong R, Lai C, Ting L, Hsu H. Quality of life in patients of nasopharyngeal carcinoma: validation of the Taiwan Chinese version of the EORTC QLQC30 and the EORTC QLQ-H&N35. Qual Life Res. 2003;12:93-99.
14. Fayers P, Aaronson N, Bjordal K, et al. EORTC QLQ-C30 Scoring Manual. Brussels, Belgium: European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer; 1995.
15. Fayers PM. Interpreting quality of life data: population-based reference data for the EORTC QLQ-C30. Eur J Cancer. 2001;37:1331-1334.
16. Osoba D, Rodrigues G, Myles J, Zee B, Pater J. Interpreting the significance of changes in health-related quality-of-life scores. J Clin Oncol. 1998;16:139-144.
17. Cancer Therapy Evaluation Program. OCTD/NCI/NIH Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE), Version 3.0. Rockville, Md: Capital Technology Information Services; 2003.
18. Smith GI, Yeo D, Clark J, et al. Measures of health-related quality of life and functional status in survivors of oral cavity cancer who have had defects reconstructed with radial forearm free flaps. Br J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2006;44:187-192.
19. Hammerlid E, Bjordal K, Ahlner-Elmqvist M, et al. A prospective study of quality of life in head and neck cancer patients, I: at diagnosis. Laryngoscope. 2001;111:669-680.
20. Huguenin PU, Taussky D, Moe K, et al. Quality of life in patients cured from a carcinoma of the head and neck by radiotherapy: the importance of target volume. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 1999;45:47-52.
21. Talmi Y, Horowitz Z, Bedrin L, et al. Quality of Life of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Patients. Atlanta, Ga: American Cancer Society; 2002:1012-1017.