The value of quality-of-life questionnaires in head and neck cancer

Current Opinion in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Verdonck De Leeuw, Irma M ^a   Van Nieuwenhuizen, Annette ^a   Leemans, C René ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

HRQOL; psychosocial care; supportive care; survival; symptom management

Indexed keywords

CETUXIMAB; CISPLATIN; DOCETAXEL; FLUOROURACIL;

ADVANCED CANCER; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DYSPHAGIA; FACE PAIN; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; METASTASIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RECURRENT CANCER; REVIEW; SLEEP QUALITY; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84859099249     PISSN: 10689508     EISSN: 15316998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOO.0b013e32834f5fd7     Document Type: Review

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