Impact of late treatment-related toxicity on quality of life among patients with head and neck cancer treated with radiotherapy

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 26, Issue 22, 2008, Pages 3770-3776

  Langendijk, Johannes A ^a   Doornaert, Patricia ^a   Verdonck de Leeuw, Irma M ^a   Leemans, Charles R ^a   Aaronson, Neil K ^a   Slotman, Ben J ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION DOSE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; XEROSTOMIA; ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INJURY; RADIOTHERAPY; SWALLOWING; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; DEGLUTITION; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 49249109943     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2007.14.6647     Document Type: Article

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