Long-term quality-of-life evaluation after head and neck cancer treatment in a developing country

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 130, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1209-1213

  Vartanian, José Guilherme ^a   Lopes Carvalho, André ^a   Yueh, Bevan ^b   Martins Priante, Antonio Vitor ^a   De Melo, Rosana Leite ^a   Maurício Correia, Luiz ^a   Fontan Köhler, Hugo ^a   Toyota, Julia ^a   Giacometti Kowalski, Ivonete S ^a   Kowalski, Luiz Paulo ^a  

^a A C CAMARGO CANCER CENTER   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CANCER PAIN; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HUMAN; HYPOPHARYNX CANCER; LARYNX CANCER; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASTICATION; MOUTH CANCER; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; OROPHARYNX CANCER; QUALITY OF LIFE; SPEECH DISORDER; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAZIL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 5644225638     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archotol.130.10.1209     Document Type: Article

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