Importance of patient, tumour and treatment related factors on quality of life in head and neck cancer patients after definitive treatment

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 266, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1461-1468

  Alicikus, Zumre Arican ^a   Akman, Fadime ^a   Ataman, Ozlem Uruk ^a   Dag, Nihal ^a   Orcin, Esmahan ^a   Bakis, Betul ^a   Kinay, Munir ^a  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Head and neck cancer; Quality of life (QoL); Radiotherapy; Side effect

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL SECURITY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68549125525     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-008-0889-0     Document Type: Article

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