Quality of life for head and neck cancer patients treated by combined modality therapy: The therapeutic benefit of technological advances in radiotherapy

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1243-1254

  Huang, Tai Lin ^a   Tsai, Wen Ling ^a,b   Chien, Chih Yen ^a   Lee, Tsair Fwu ^a,c   Fang, Fu Min ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^b CHENG SHIU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

EORTC QLQ C30; EORTC QLQ H N35; Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma; Intensity modulated radiotherapy; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78349310126     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-010-9688-3     Document Type: Article

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