Patient characteristics as indicators for poor quality of life after radiotherapy in advanced nasopharyngeal cancer

Head and Neck Oncology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Hong, J ^a   Tian, J ^a   Zhang, W ^a   Pan, J ^a   Chen, Y ^a   Ma, L ^a   Lv, W ^a  

^a FUJIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL INDICATOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84873535978     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17583284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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