Using group-based trajectory modeling to examine heterogeneity of symptom burden in patients with head and neck cancer undergoing aggressive non-surgical therapy

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2331-2339

  Shi, Qiuling ^a   Mendoza, Tito R ^a   Gunn, G Brandon ^a   Wang, Xin Shelley ^a   Rosenthal, David I ^a   Cleeland, Charles S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Group based trajectory model; Head and neck cancer; MDASI; Symptom burden

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COST OF ILLNESS; DYSPHAGIA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THEORETICAL MODEL;

AGED; COST OF ILLNESS; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84892796393     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-013-0380-2     Document Type: Article

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