TY - JOUR
T1 - Assessing and improving quality of life in patients with head and neck cancer
AU - Singer, Susanne
AU - Langendijk, Johannes
AU - Yarom, Noam
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Health-related quality of life (QoL) indicates the patients' perception of their health. It depends not only on disease- and treatment-related factors but also on complex inter-relationships of expectations, values and norms, psychologic distress, and comparison with other patients. This article introduces methods and challenges of QoL assessment in patients with head and neck cancer, as well as ways to overcome measurement problems and ways to improve their QoL.
AB - Health-related quality of life (QoL) indicates the patients' perception of their health. It depends not only on disease- and treatment-related factors but also on complex inter-relationships of expectations, values and norms, psychologic distress, and comparison with other patients. This article introduces methods and challenges of QoL assessment in patients with head and neck cancer, as well as ways to overcome measurement problems and ways to improve their QoL.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84946203420&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1200/EdBook_AM.2013.33.e230
DO - 10.1200/EdBook_AM.2013.33.e230
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C2 - 23714510
AN - SCOPUS:84946203420
SN - 1548-8756
JO - American Society of Clinical Oncology educational book / ASCO. American Society of Clinical Oncology. Meeting
JF - American Society of Clinical Oncology educational book / ASCO. American Society of Clinical Oncology. Meeting
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