The relationship between weight loss and health-related quality of life in persons treated for head and neck cancer

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1511-1518

  Head, Barbara A ^a   Heitz, Luke ^a   Keeney, Cynthia ^a   Myers, John ^b   Appana, Savitri N ^b   Studts, Jamie L ^c   Bumpous, Jeffrey ^a,d   Pfeifer, Mark ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Head and neck cancer; Nutrition; Quality of life; Symptom burden; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT OF CANCER THERAPY HEAD AND NECK; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORIAL SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT SCALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SYMPTOM; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WELLBEING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 80052495421     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-010-0975-x     Document Type: Article

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