Guest editorial: Clinical importance of quality of life measures in head and neck cancer

Indian Journal of Cancer

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 237-238

  Kazi, R ^a   Sayed, S ^b   Dwivedi, R C ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b GRANT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CANCER SURVIVAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; QUALITY OF LIFE; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77954443241     PISSN: 0019509X     EISSN: 19984774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-509X.64705     Document Type: Editorial

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