Quality of life in head and neck cancer patients after surgical resection: Translation into Cantonese and validation of the EORTC QLQ-H&N35

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 129, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 779-785

  Bower, W F ^a   Vlantis, A C ^a   Chung, T M L ^a   Cheung, S K C ^a   Bjordal, K ^b   Van Hasselt, C A ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Head and neck cancer; Quality of life; Radiotherapy; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HONG KONG; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIABILITY; VALIDITY;

AGED; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; PILOT PROJECTS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TRANSLATING;

EID: 72049088530     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: 16512553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016480802398970     Document Type: Article

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