Head and neck specific Health Related Quality of Life scores predict subsequent survival in successfully treated head and neck cancer patients: A prospective cohort study

Oral Oncology

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 974-979

  Osthus, Arild Andrè ^a   Aarstad, Anne K H ^b,c   Olofsson, Jan ^a,b   Aarstad, Hans J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c BERGEN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Head and neck; Neoplasms; Prognosis; Quality of life; Squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; MALE; NEUROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SMOKING; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 80053932590     PISSN: 13688375     EISSN: 18790593     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2011.07.010     Document Type: Article

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