Patient-reported quality of life outcomes following treatment for oral cancer

Patient-reported quality of life (QoL) outcomes have the potential to assist clinicians in providing individually tailored treatment decisions. QoL assessments were collected prospectively for 168 consecutive patients treated for oral cancer between 1 January 2010 and 31 December 2014 using the University of Washington Quality of Life Questionnaire. Patients were followed up for 18 months post-treatment. Sub-group analyses were performed using paired t-tests and analysis of variance (ANOVA) to compare the effects of adjunctive chemoradiotherapy, type of bone resection, and methods of soft and hard tissue flap reconstruction.

Source: International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery - September 21, 2017 Category: ENT & OMF Authors: J. Breeze, A. Rennie, D. Dawson, J. Tipper, K.-U. Rehman, N. Grew, N. Pigadas Tags: Clinical Paper Source Type: research