Adjuvant radiotherapy and health-related quality of life of patients at intermediate risk of recurrence following primary surgery for oral squamous cell carcinoma

Oral Oncology

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 967-973

  Bekiroglu, F ^a   Ghazali, N ^a   Laycock, R ^a   Katre, C ^a   Lowe, D ^a,b   Rogers, S N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AINTREE   (United Kingdom)

^b EDGE HILL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Head and neck cancer; Health related quality of life; Morbidity; Mouth neoplasm; Quality of life; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASTICATION; MOOD; MOUTH CARCINOMA; ORAL SURGERY; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECREATION; SALIVA; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPEECH; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SWALLOWING; TASTE;

AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALIVA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80053973579     PISSN: 13688375     EISSN: 18790593     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2011.07.003     Document Type: Article

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