Shortfalls in international, multidisciplinary outcome data collection following head and neck cancer: Does the ICF Core Set for HNC provide a common solution?

Oral Oncology

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 849-855

  Tschiesner, U M ^a   Chen, A ^b   Funk, G ^c   Yueh, B ^d   Rogers, S N ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e Regional Oral and Maxillofacial Unit   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disability and Health (ICF); Functional outcome; Head and neck cancer; International Classification Functioning; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADVANCED CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF FUNCTIONING, DISABILITY AND HEALTH; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LANGUAGE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; ORGAN PRESERVATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TAXONOMY; TREATMENT FAILURE;

DATA COLLECTION; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RESEARCH; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORLD HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 70349144395     PISSN: 13688375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2009.04.003     Document Type: Review

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