title: Quality of life in head and neck cancer patients.
abstract: In recent years the number of Quality of Life (QOL) studies has increased rapidly. When evaluating outcomes of clinical trials in patients, one should take into consideration QOL aspects in addition to the well-known standard biomedical endpoints. The difficult question is how to select the best instrument from the flood of papers. A review and a few reflections are presented.
authors.affiliation: Dept ENT and Head and Neck Surgery, KUL, Leuven, Belgium.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Borghgraef
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Delaere
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Van den Bogaert
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Feenstra
mesh_terms: D001294:Attitude to Health; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D017567:Karnofsky Performance Status; D011788:Quality of Life; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D026712:Value of Life