Patient-Reported Outcomes Assessing the Impact of Palliative Radiotherapy on Quality of Life and Symptom Burden in Head and Neck Cancer Patients: A Systematic Review

Patient-Reported Outcomes Assessing the Impact of Palliative Radiotherapy on Quality of Life and Symptom Burden in Head and Neck Cancer Patients: A Systematic Review

Incurable head and neck cancer has a poor prognosis and impairs a patient’s health-related quality of life. Palliative radiotherapy may improve or stabilize health-related quality of life and symptoms, best measured by patient-reported outcomes. There is no systematic analysis if palliative radiothe...

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Main Authors: Alexander Fabian, Justus Domschikowski, Markus Hoffmann, Oliver Weiner, Claudia Schmalz, Jürgen Dunst, David Krug
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Oncology
Subjects:
head and neck neoplasms
squamous cell carcinoma of head and neck
palliative care
radiotherapy
patient reported outcome measures
symptom assessment
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fonc.2021.683042/full

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