Health-related quality of life outcome evaluation for intensity-modulated radiotherapy versus helical tomotherapy using EORTC QLQ-C30 and EORTC QLQ-HN35 core questionnaires for nasopharyngeal carcinomas

Scientific Research and Essays

Volumn 6, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 3389-3398

  Lee, Tsair Fwu ^a   Leung, Stephen Wan ^b,c   Sun, Li Min ^d   Chu, Ming Hsiang ^b   Liou, Ming Hsiang ^b   Tuan, Chiu Ching ^e   Chen, Wen Pen ^a   Yu, Ta Wei ^b  

^a NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b YUAN'S GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c CENTRAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^d ZUOYING ARMED FORCES GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

EORTC; Health related quality of life; Helical tomotherapy; Intensity modulated radiotherapy; Nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052065583     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19922248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5897/sre11.228     Document Type: Article

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