Quality of life of patients after salvage nasopharyngectomy for recurrent nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Cancer

Volumn 118, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 3710-3718

  Chan, Yu Wai ^a   Chow, Velda Ling Yu ^a   Wei, William Ignace ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

maxillary swing; nasopharyngeal carcinoma; nasopharyngectomy; quality of life; recurrent

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADJUVANT CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE NECROSIS; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAXILLARY SWING SALVAGE NASOPHARYNGECTOMY; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; NOSE DISEASE; PALATE DISEASE; PALATE FISTULA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENT CANCER; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL LIFE; SURGICAL APPROACH; TRISMUS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM, RESIDUAL; PHARYNGECTOMY; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SALVAGE THERAPY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864143547     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.26719     Document Type: Article

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