Quality of life as predictor of survival: A prospective study on patients treated with combined surgery and radiotherapy for advanced oral and oropharyngeal cancer

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 258-262

  Oskam, Inge M ^a   Verdonck De Leeuw, Irma M ^a   Aaronson, Neil K ^b   Kuik, Dirk J ^a   Bree, Remco De ^a   Doornaert, Patricia ^a   Langendijk, Johannes A ^c   Leemans, René C ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Head and neck cancer; Health related quality of life; Oropharyngeal cancer; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; METASTASIS; MOUTH CANCER; OROPHARYNX CANCER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM STAGING; OROPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 77953883466     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2010.02.005     Document Type: Article

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