Functional outcomes following chemoradiotherapy for head and neck cancer

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 131, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 950-957

  Akst, Lee M ^a   Chan, James ^a   Elson, Paul ^a   Saxton, Jerrold ^a   Strome, Marshall ^a   Adelstein, David ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DIET; FEEDING; FEEDING APPARATUS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; TRACHEOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 9644270285     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2004.05.020     Document Type: Article

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