Quality of life after surgical treatment for oral and oropharyngeal cancer: A prospective longitudinal assessment of patients reconstructed by a microvascular flap

Oral Oncology

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1034-1042

  Borggreven, Pepijn A ^a   Aaronson, Neil K ^b   Verdonck de Leeuw, Irma M ^a   Muller, Martin J ^b   Heiligers, Milou L C H ^a   Bree, Remco de ^a   Langendijk, Johannes A ^a   Leemans, C René ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Head and neck cancer; Microvascular reconstruction; Oral cavity; Oropharynx; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH CANCER; OPERATING ROOM PERSONNEL; OROPHARYNX CANCER; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; NETHERLANDS; OROPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 34948841910     PISSN: 13688375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2006.11.017     Document Type: Article

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