Quality of life and outcomes research in head and neck cancer: A review of the state of the discipline and likely future directions

Cancer Treatment Reviews

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 397-402

  Sayed, Suhail I ^a   Elmiyeh, B ^b   Rhys Evans, Peter ^b   Syrigos, Konstantinos N ^c   Nutting, Chris M ^b   Harrington, Kevin J ^b   Kazi, Rehan ^b  

^a SIR J J GROUP OF HOSPITALS   (India)

^b Head and Neck Unit   (United Kingdom)

^c SOTIRIA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Head and neck cancer; Outcome measures; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

CANCER REHABILITATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNICATION AID; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 68049117046     PISSN: 03057372     EISSN: 15321967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctrv.2009.03.001     Document Type: Review

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