Health-related quality of life as a survival predictor for patients with localized head and neck cancer treated with radiation therapy

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 27, Issue 18, 2009, Pages 2970-2976

  Meyer, François ^a   Fortin, André ^a   Gélinas, Michel ^a   Nabid, Abdenour ^a   Brochet, François ^a   Têtu, Bernard ^a   Bairati, Isabelle ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HEALTH STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 67649998936     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2008.20.0295     Document Type: Article

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