Long-Term Late Toxicity, Quality of Life, and Emotional Distress in Patients With Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Treated With Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy.

CONCLUSIONS: Despite the implementation of IMRT, survivors of NPC still experience many physical symptoms that affect long-term QoL many years after treatment. Depression, anxiety, and fatigue remain common in long-term survivors and are highly correlated with QoL. PMID: 30191868 [PubMed - in process]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30191868?dopt=Abstract

Source: Health Physics - September 8, 2018 Category: Physics Authors: McDowell LJ, Rock K, Xu W, Chan B, Waldron J, Lu L, Ezzat S, Pothier D, Bernstein LJ, So N, Huang SH, Giuliani M, Hope A, O'Sullivan B, Bratman SV, Cho J, Kim J, Jang R, Bayley A, Ringash J Tags: Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys Source Type: research