Quality of life impairment in patients with head and neck cancer and their caregivers: a comparative study

Abstract Introduction: Head and neck cancer represents 3% of all the types of malignant neoplasms and squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is responsible for 90% of these cases. There have been some studies evaluating the quality of life of these patients, but little is known about the physical and emotio...

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Main Authors: Laís Rigoni, Raphaella Falco Bruhn, Rafael De Cicco, Jossi Ledo Kanda, Leandro Luongo Matos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier
Series:Brazilian Journal of Otorhinolaryngology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1808-86942016000600680&lng=en&tlng=en