The Effect of Socioeconomic Factors on Quality of Life After Treatment in Patients With Head and Neck Cancer

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 23-27

  Demiral, Ayşe Nur ^a   Şen, Mehmet ^b   Demiral, Yücel ^a   Kinay, Münir ^a  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Northern and Yorkshire Clinical Trials and Research Unit   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Head and neck cancer; Quality of life; Radiotherapy; SF 36; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; CHEMOTHERAPY; DATA ACQUISITION; ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY;

QUALITY OF LIFE; SHORT-FORM 36 QOL QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

TUMORS;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SHORT FORM 36; SOCIAL SECURITY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AGED; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SECURITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 37049005146     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2007.05.056     Document Type: Article

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