Quality of life in head and neck cancer survivors at 1 year after treatment: the mediating role of unmet supportive care needs

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2917-2926

  So, Winnie K W ^a   Choi, K C ^a   Chen, Joanne M T ^a   Chan, Carmen W H ^a   Chair, S Y ^a   Fung, Olivia W M ^a   Wan, Rayman W M ^b   Mak, Suzanne S S ^b   Ling, W M ^c   Ng, W T ^c   Yu, Bernice W L ^d  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c PAMELA YOUDE NETHERSOLE EASTERN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^d PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chinese; Head and neck cancer survivors; Path analysis; Quality of life; Supportive care needs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVOR; CANCER THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATH ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL CARE; SOCIAL STATUS; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PSYCHOLOGY; SURVIVOR;

FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84919331407     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-014-2278-0     Document Type: Article

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