Quality of life following neck dissections

SN Rogers, A Ferlito, PK Pellitteri, AR Shaha… - Acta oto …, 2004 - Taylor & Francis
… dissection operation rather than another in the clinically positive neck continues to be …
management of neck node metastasis, the primary focus at that time was control of neck disease. …

Impact of neck dissection on quality of life

AL Kuntz, EA Weymuller Jr - The Laryngoscope, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
… development of head and neck disease-specific quality of life (QOL) instruments. Since
1993, we have prospectively assessed the QOL of all head and neck cancer patients treated at …

[HTML][HTML] Quality of life tools in head and neck oncology

N Heutte, L Plisson, M Lange, V Prevost… - … , Head and Neck Diseases, 2014 - Elsevier
Quality of life (QoL) is now as much an assessment criterion in clinical trials in head and
neck oncology as are survival and response rate. It is therefore important to be able to choose …

A structured review of quality of life instruments for head and neck cancer patients

J Ringash, A Bezjak - … and Specialties of the Head and Neck, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
Quality of life (QOL) is an important treatment outcome for head and neck cancer. Our
purpose was to critically review published disease-specific QOL instruments. Methods. Medline …

Assessment of quality of life in head and neck cancer patients

SJ Hassan, EA Weymuller - Head & neck, 1993 - Wiley Online Library
disease and its treatment.13,16,18 Thu s far, no broad measurement of quality of life for head
and neck … 16y22 Evidence of concern for quality of life is not lacking in the head and neck

Are head and neck specific quality of life measures necessary?

RE Gliklich, TA Goldsmith… - … of the Head and Neck, 1997 - Wiley Online Library
neck-specific health status domains are distinct from those assessed by general measures
of qualityof-life (QOL). … Cross-sectional study of 55 head and neck cancer patients in tertiary …

Quality of life in head and neck cancers patients: predictive factors, functional and psychosocial outcome

E Babin, E Sigston, M Hitier, D Dehesdin… - European archives of …, 2008 - Springer
neck cancer are survival with improvement of quality of life (QoL) in cancer patients. Patients
treated for head and neck … in a negative impact on their daily life. At present, most tools only …

Head and neck cancer—specific quality of life: instrument validation

JE Terrell, KA Nanavati, RM Esclamado… - … –Head & Neck …, 1997 - jamanetwork.com
quality-of-life assessments give a single composite score for head and neck cancer—related
quality of life… Conclusion: The Head and Neck Quality of Life questionnaire is a promising …

Long‐term quality of life of patients with head and neck cancer

A de Graeff, JRJ de Leeuw, WJG Ros… - The …, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
… is particularly relevant for patients with head and neck cancer because social interaction …
of the head and neck region. In patients with advanced disease, intensive treatment may lead to …

Development and validation of the neck dissection impairment index: a quality of life measure

RJ Taylor, JC Chepeha, TN Teknos… - … –Head & Neck …, 2002 - jamanetwork.com
… head and neck cancer to assess the long-term effects of neck dissection on quality of life (…
Patients frequently have varying degrees of shoulder impairment following neck dissection, …