Health related quality of life in head and neck cancer treated with radiation therapy with or without chemotherapy: A systematic review

Oral Oncology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 254-262

  Klein, Jonathan ^a   Livergant, Jonathan ^a   Ringash, Jolie ^a  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chemoradiotherapy; Head and neck neoplasms; Quality of life; Questionnaires; Radiotherapy; Squamous cell carcinoma; Systematic reviews

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEAD AND NECK SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; ORGAN PRESERVATION; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; XEROSTOMIA;

CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIOTHERAPY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS;

COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 84895466938     PISSN: 13688375     EISSN: 18790593     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2014.01.015     Document Type: Review

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