Validity of the FACT-H&N (v 4.0) among Malaysian oral cancer patients

Oral Oncology

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 648-652

  Doss, J G ^a   Thomson, W M ^b   Drummond, B K ^b   Raja Latifah, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cross cultural; Head and neck cancer; Oral cancer; Oral cavity; Psychosocial factors; Quality of life; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT OF CANCER THERAPY SCALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; MOUTH CANCER; MOUTH CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC SELF EVALUATION; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TRANSLATIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959743058     PISSN: 13688375     EISSN: 18790593     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2011.04.023     Document Type: Article

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