Quality of life of Turkish patients with head and neck cancer

Turkish Journal of Cancer

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 129-136

  Aplak, Burcu ^a   Malkoç, Mehtap ^a   Gelecek, Nihal ^a   Mehmet, S E N ^a  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

EORTC; Head neck cancer; Quality of life; Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPHAGIA; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIATION DOSE; SPEECH DISORDER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 40449085691     PISSN: 10193103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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