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A relationship between quality-of-life and head and neck cancer: A systemic review
AIM: The aim was to identify the literature and to assess the association between quality-of-life (QoL) and head and neck cancer (HNC) related outcomes systemically. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The full articles published in English language bio-medical journals between 1992 and December 2014 were search...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4772395/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26981509 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2278-330X.175955 |
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author | Parkar, Sujal Mitul Shah, Mihir N. |
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description | AIM: The aim was to identify the literature and to assess the association between quality-of-life (QoL) and head and neck cancer (HNC) related outcomes systemically. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The full articles published in English language bio-medical journals between 1992 and December 2014 were searched using Medline database. The keywords used for searching the articles include the combination of “health-related of QoL,” “QoL,” “HNC.” The search limited only to the observational studies using questionnaires European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) QLQ C 30 and EORTC QLQ H and N 35. Purely psychological studies were excluded. RESULTS: A total of 5055 articles were retrieved, and 16 articles were selected for this review. Of 16 observational studies, 13 (81.25%) were prospective cohort studies while remaining 3 (18.75%) were cross-sectional studies. The main findings of the studies revealed that the treatment of HNC had a statistically significant influence on QoL. Others associated factors like age, female sex, duration of treatment, advance tumor, and site of the tumor has also the impact on QoL on patients suffering from HNC. CONCLUSION: This review provides evidence for a positive relationship between cancer-related outcomes and QoL. Assessment of QoL in relation to HNC with proper methodology and validated instruments is lacking hence there is a need for further evidence to support the relation between cancer and QoL. |
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spelling | pubmed-47723952016-03-15 A relationship between quality-of-life and head and neck cancer: A systemic review Parkar, Sujal Mitul Shah, Mihir N. South Asian J Cancer HEAD AND NECK CANCER: Review Article AIM: The aim was to identify the literature and to assess the association between quality-of-life (QoL) and head and neck cancer (HNC) related outcomes systemically. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The full articles published in English language bio-medical journals between 1992 and December 2014 were searched using Medline database. The keywords used for searching the articles include the combination of “health-related of QoL,” “QoL,” “HNC.” The search limited only to the observational studies using questionnaires European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) QLQ C 30 and EORTC QLQ H and N 35. Purely psychological studies were excluded. RESULTS: A total of 5055 articles were retrieved, and 16 articles were selected for this review. Of 16 observational studies, 13 (81.25%) were prospective cohort studies while remaining 3 (18.75%) were cross-sectional studies. The main findings of the studies revealed that the treatment of HNC had a statistically significant influence on QoL. Others associated factors like age, female sex, duration of treatment, advance tumor, and site of the tumor has also the impact on QoL on patients suffering from HNC. CONCLUSION: This review provides evidence for a positive relationship between cancer-related outcomes and QoL. Assessment of QoL in relation to HNC with proper methodology and validated instruments is lacking hence there is a need for further evidence to support the relation between cancer and QoL. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015 /pmc/articles/PMC4772395/ /pubmed/26981509 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2278-330X.175955 Text en Copyright: © 2015 South Asian Journal of Cancer http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms. |
spellingShingle | HEAD AND NECK CANCER: Review Article Parkar, Sujal Mitul Shah, Mihir N. A relationship between quality-of-life and head and neck cancer: A systemic review |
title | A relationship between quality-of-life and head and neck cancer: A systemic review |
title_full | A relationship between quality-of-life and head and neck cancer: A systemic review |
title_fullStr | A relationship between quality-of-life and head and neck cancer: A systemic review |
title_full_unstemmed | A relationship between quality-of-life and head and neck cancer: A systemic review |
title_short | A relationship between quality-of-life and head and neck cancer: A systemic review |
title_sort | relationship between quality-of-life and head and neck cancer: a systemic review |
topic | HEAD AND NECK CANCER: Review Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4772395/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26981509 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2278-330X.175955 |
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