Longitudinal quality of life in Turkish patients with head and neck cancer undergoing radiotherapy

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 2171-2183

  Citak, Esra ^a   Tulek, Zeliha ^b,c  

^a OKMEYDANI TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Head and neck cancer; Nursing; Quality of life; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; EUROPEAN ORGANIZATION FOR THE RESEARCH AND TREATMENT OF CANCER QUALITY OF LIFE QUESTIONNAIRE; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEAD AND NECK MODULE; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HUMAN; INCOME; LARYNX CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH CANCER; MUCOSAL DISEASE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PATIENT GENERATED SUBJECTIVE GLOBAL ASSESSMENT; PHARYNX CANCER; PHARYNX DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; SALIVARY GLAND DISEASE; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN TOXICITY; SOCIAL STATUS; TRACHEOSTOMY; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 84879892855     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-013-1774-y     Document Type: Article

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