Immediate impact of primary surgery on health-related quality of life of hospitalized patients with oral and oropharyngeal cancer

MGH Biazevic, JLF Antunes, J Togni… - Journal of Oral and …, 2008 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: Oral and oropharyngeal tumor resection may be associated with disfigurement
and dysfunctions that affect essential domains of life. This study aimed at assessing the
immediate impact of primary surgery on the health-related quality of life for these patients.
PATIENTS AND METHODS: Forty-seven patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the lips,
oral cavity, or oropharynx, and undergoing treatment in the head and neck surgery center of
a large general hospital in the city of São Paulo, Brazil, from October 2005 to September …
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