Long-term quality of life after total laryngectomy and postoperative radiotherapy versus concurrent chemoradiotherapy for laryngeal preservation

Laryngoscope

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 300-306

  Boscolo Rizzo, Paolo ^a,c   Maronato, Francesca ^a   Marchiori, Carlo ^a   Gava, Alessandro ^b   Da Mosto, Maria Cristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b TREVISO REGIONAL HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaires; Larynx cancer; Quality of life; Total laryngectomy

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL; PLATINUM; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LARYNGECTOMY; LARYNX CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SLEEP DISORDER; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SPEECH; XEROSTOMIA; CANCER STAGING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FOLLOW UP; IMPLANTATION; INSTRUMENTATION; LARYNX TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; MINIMAL RESIDUAL DISEASE; MORTALITY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RADIATION DOSE; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; LARYNGECTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASM, RESIDUAL; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 40949158041     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLG.0b013e31815a9ed3     Document Type: Article

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