Symptoms of patients with incurable head and neck cancer: Prevalence and impact on daily functioning

Head and Neck

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 868-876

  Lokker, Martine E ^a   Offerman, Marinella P J ^a   Van Der Velden, Lilly Ann ^b   De Boer, Maarten F ^a   Pruyn, Jean F A ^a   Teunissen, Saskia C C M ^c  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

distress; head and neck neoplasms; palliative care; symptom impact; symptom prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGER; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CAREGIVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DYSPHAGIA; DYSPNEA; EVALUATION; FAMILY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; POWERLESSNESS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOM; VOICE CHANGE; WEAKNESS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGER; ANXIETY; CAREGIVERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; TERMINALLY ILL; VOICE DISORDERS; WALKING;

EID: 84878017225     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.23053     Document Type: Article

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