Quality of life in head and neck cancer survivors: a cross-sectional survey

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 176-180

  Chaukar, Devendra A ^a   Walvekar, Rohan R ^a,b   Das, Ashok K ^a   Deshpande, Mandar S ^a   Pai, Prathamesh S ^a   Chaturvedi, Pankaj ^a   Kakade, Anagha ^a   D'Cruz, Anil K ^a  

^a TATA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MOUTH DISEASE; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; SALIVARY GLAND DISEASE; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TOOTH DISEASE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; XEROSTOMIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURVIVORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67349092286     PISSN: 01960709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2008.05.001     Document Type: Article

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