P124 WEIGHT LOSS AS THE MOST POWERFUL PREDICTOR OF POSTOPERATIVE MORBIDITY AFTER SURGERY FOR HEAD AND NECK CANCER

The University of Washington head and ne

The University of Washington head and neck cancer measure as a predictor of outcome following primary surgery for oral cancer

✍ Simon N. Rogers; Derek Lowe; James S. Brown; E. David Vaughan 📂 Article 📅 1999 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 102 KB 👁 2 views

Background. The purpose of this study was to investigate the disease specific functional status of patients with oral cancer treated by primary surgery. The University of Washington head and neck cancer questionnaire (UW-QOL) was used, and outcome was compared against patient's age, sex, T category,