Background: Quality of life levels fluctuate depending on treatment type and at various points throughout treatment. In patients with advanced head and neck cancer, quality of life is thought to be treatment dependent. The purpose of this study is to compare levels of patients self-reported quality
The amount of treatment versus quality of life in patients formerly treated for head and neck squamous cell carcinomas
β Scribed by H. J. Aarstad; A. K. H. Aarstad; S. Lybak; O. Monge; D. F. Haugen; J. Olofsson
- Book ID
- 106082784
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 225 KB
- Volume
- 263
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0302-9530
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