Head and neck cancer radiation therapy with and without chemotherapy may result in decreased health-related quality of life followed by a return to baseline over a 1-year period

Journal of Evidence-Based Dental Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 25-27

  Psoter, Walter J ^a   Aguilar, Maria Lucia ^b  

^a LUTHERAN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE;

HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 84923107457     PISSN: 15323382     EISSN: 15323390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebdp.2014.12.005     Document Type: Note

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