Prediction of survival by pretreatment health-related quality-of-life scores in a prospective cohort of patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma

JAMA Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 14-20

  Østhus, Arild André ^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

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECREASED APPETITE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HAZARD RATIO; HEAD AND NECK SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; HUMAN; LARYNX CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH CAVITY; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NEUROSIS; OROPHARYNX CARCINOMA; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PAIN; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SLEEP DISORDER; SMOKING; SWALLOWING;

EID: 84873421571     PISSN: 21686181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamaoto.2013.1056     Document Type: Article

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