Quality of life in older people with oral cancer

British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 715-720

  Laraway, D C ^a   Lakshmiah, R ^b   Lowe, D ^c   Roe, B ^d,e   Rogers, S N ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AINTREE   (United Kingdom)

^d EDGE HILL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Older; Oral cancer; Quality of life; University of Washington quality of life scale

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER SURVIVOR; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD; MOUTH CANCER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SPEECH; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON HEAD AND NECK QUALITY OF LIFE SCALE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; OROPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84869102569     PISSN: 02664356     EISSN: 15321940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2012.01.010     Document Type: Article

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