Incidence of nasopharyngeal carcinoma has remained high in endemic regions. Diagnosing
the disease in the early stages requires a high index of clinical acumen and, although most …

Introduction As with other illnesses, several variables can impact the transition back to the
workplace, long-term work productivity, or job retention among cancer survivors. We …

Context Nearly half of adult cancer survivors are younger than 65 years, but the association
of cancer survivorship with employment status is unknown. Objective To assess the …

Purpose: To compare directly the effect of intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) vs.
conventional radiotherapy (CRT) on salivary flow and quality of life (QoL) in patients with …

Objective To identify clinical predictors of quality of life (QoL) in a head and neck cancer
patient population. Design, Patients, and Setting A convenience sample of 570 patients with …

PURPOSE: Parotid-sparing intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) for head-and-neck
cancer reduces xerostomia compared with standard RT. To assess potential improvements …

Comorbidity, the presence of additional illnesses unrelated to the tumor, has a significant
impact on the prognosis of patients with head and neck cancer. In these patients, tobacco …

Over the past 10 years, quality of life (QOL) has been increasingly recognised as an
important outcome parameter in head and neck cancer. Validated questionnaires have …

Background With the advances in modern radiotherapy (RT), many patients with head and
neck cancer (HNC) can be effectively cured, and their health-related quality of life (HR-QoL) …

Taste alterations are common in patients with cancer, and can be the result of the disease
itself and/or its treatment (s). Specifically, chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy to the head and …