Treatment outcomes and quality of life in oropharyngeal cancer after surgery-based versus radiation-based treatment

Clinical and Experimental Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 153-160

  Kim, Tae Wook ^a   Youm, Hye Youn ^a   Byun, Hayoung ^a   Son, Young Ik ^a   Baek, Chung Hwan ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Oropharyngeal cancer; Quality of life; Radiation; Surgery; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149256217     PISSN: 19768710     EISSN: 20050720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3342/ceo.2010.3.3.153     Document Type: Article

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