Functional outcomes and rehabilitation strategies in patients treated with chemoradiotherapy for advanced head and neck cancer: A systematic review

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 266, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 889-900

  Van Der Molen, Lisette ^a   Van Rossum, Maya A ^b   Burkhead, Lori M ^c   Smeele, Ludi E ^a   Hilgers, Frans J M ^a,d  

^a NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Cisplatin; Functional outcomes; Head and neck cancer; Radiotherapy; Rehabilitation; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN;

BODY WEIGHT; CANCER CENTER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REHABILITATION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; NUTRITION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SPEECH DISORDER; SWALLOWING; TRISMUS; TUBE FEEDING;

DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TRISMUS;

EID: 67349136742     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-008-0817-3     Document Type: Review

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