## Abstract ## Background. A longitudinal, prospective, caseβcontrol study evaluated if a psychosocial support program improved healthβrelated quality of life (HRQL) in head and neck (H&N) cancer patients. ## Methods. One hundred fortyβfour H&N cancer patients were included: 52 study patients an
Development and evaluation of a problem-focused psychosocial intervention for patients with head and neck cancer
β Scribed by Cherith J. Semple; Lynn Dunwoody; W. George Kernohan; Eilis McCaughan
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 185 KB
- Volume
- 17
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0941-4355
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