Health-related quality of life in oral cancer: a review

A Chandu, ACH Smith, SN Rogers - Journal of oral and maxillofacial …, 2006 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) has now become an important outcome
measure in the assessment of patients treated for oral cancer. We summarize the influence …

Does quality of life predict long-term survival in patients with head and neck cancer?

HM Mehanna, RP Morton - Archives of Otolaryngology–Head & …, 2006 - jamanetwork.com
Objective To assess whether pretreatment and posttreatment quality of life (QOL) is
associated with long-term survival in patients with head and neck cancer. Design Ten-year …

Quality-of-life outcomes in oncology

F Siddiqui, LA Kachnic… - Hematology/Oncology …, 2006 - hemonc.theclinics.com
Quality of life (QOL) outcome measurements have become increasingly important as
endpoints in clinical trials. More and more emphasis is being placed not only on treating the …

Explaining socioeconomic status effects in laryngeal cancer

PA Groome, KM Schulze, S Keller, WJ Mackillop… - Clinical Oncology, 2006 - Elsevier
INTRODUCTION: People with lower socioeconomic status (SES) experience shorter survival
times after a cancer diagnosis for many disease sites. We determined whether area-level …

The correlation between indices of deprivation and health-related quality of life in patients with oral and oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma

E Woolley, P Magennis, P Shokar, D Lowe… - British Journal of Oral …, 2006 - Elsevier
Deprivation influences the incidence and outcome of patients with cancer. Health-related
quality of life (HR-QoL) is an important measure of outcome but there is little on this subject …

[PDF][PDF] Quality of life during the first three months following discharge after surgery for head and neck cancer; a prospective evaluation

JL Van Den Brink, MF De Boer, JFA Pruyn, WCJ Hop… - J Otolaryngol, 2006 - repub.eur.nl
Objective: To identify patients groups that are prone to poorer quality of life (QoL) during the
first three months following discharge from the hospital after surgery for head and neck …

[PDF][PDF] Anleitung zur Tracheostoma-Pflege

M Buchna, J Gossens, G Holtz, P Marschner - hermap.ch
Dazu ist es wichtig, Patienten und ihre Angehörigen als Personen wahrzunehmen und zu
akzeptieren. Verstehbarkeit, Handhabbarkeit und Sinnhaftigkeit sind für uns Grundregeln …

[PDF][PDF] Jaap L. van den Brink, Peter W. Moorman, Maarten F. de Boer

JFA Pruyn, CDA Verwoerd… - Supporting Transmural …, 2006 - repub.eur.nl
Objective: To determine use, appreciation and effectiveness of an electronic health
information support system in Head and Neck (H&N) cancer care. Design: A prospective …