Cross-sectional analysis of quality-of-life of patients undergoing reconstructive surgery for tongue cancer

Toukeibu Gan

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 374-379

  Yoshimoto, Seiichi ^a,b   Kimata, Yasuhiro ^c   Kurita, Tomoyuki ^d   Hashikawa, Kazunobu ^e   Ishida, Katsudai ^f   Sakuraba, Minoru ^g   Sakurai, Hiroyuki ^h   Tanaka, Katsumi ⁱ   Yano, Tomoyuki ^j   Hyodo, Ikuo ^k  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b CANCER INSTITUTE HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d OSAKA MEDICAL CENTER FOR CANCER AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES   (Japan)

^e KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^f JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^g NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL EAST   (Japan)

^h TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

ⁱ NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^j TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^k AICHI CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

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Author keywords

Quality of life; Reconstructive surgery; Tongue cancer; UWQOL

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009578498     PISSN: 13495747     EISSN: 18818382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5981/jjhnc.35.374     Document Type: Article

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