Abstract Background Quality of life (QoL) is an important construct when assessing treatment
outcomes. Aims To examine the relative contributions of functioning, psychological well …

Objective. To investigate how ways of coping and traditional factors (age, sex, time
postlaryngectomy, stage of disease, radiation, alaryngeal speech method) predict global …

Objectives/Hypothesis The aims were to determine health‐related quality of life (HRQoL),
including voice problems, dysphagia, depression, and anxiety after total laryngectomy (TL) …

Background. There is a perception that a total laryngectomy has a devastating effect on
patients and their families, but only a few studies have addressed long‐term quality of life …

Background Laryngeal carcinoma accounts for about 80 000 deaths annually worldwide.
Despite its aggressiveness, total laryngectomy (TL) is a treatment option with curative intent …

Background The purpose of this study was to determine what quality of life (QOL) areas
improve and deteriorate during the first year after total laryngectomy and to identify …

Objective Treatment of advanced laryngeal and hypopharyngeal cancer has shifted from
total laryngectomy (TL) toward laryngeal‐preserving therapies due to a general perception …

Background: The impact of a total laryngectomy on an individual's life has primarily been
measured from a male viewpoint reflecting the demographics of a diagnosis of laryngeal …

Objective To assess long-term quality of life in surviving patients with advanced laryngeal
cancer. Design A follow-up long-term quality-of-life survey of patients randomized to the …

PURPOSE: The surgical treatment of head and neck cancer, primarily laryngeal cancer,
causes sequelae and can change the patient's quality of life. The purpose of this study was …