title: Head and neck cancer radiation therapy with and without chemotherapy may result in decreased health-related quality of life followed by a return to baseline over a 1-year period.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Health related quality of life in head and neck cancer treated with radiation therapy with or without chemotherapy: a systematic review. Klein J, Livergant, J, Ringash J.Oral Oncol 2014;50(4):254-62.
  
  
  METHODS
  Walter J. Psoter, DDS, PhD, Maria Lucia Aguilar, DDS, MSD, MSc
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The authors conducted a systematic review to evaluate health-related quality of life (HRQoL) outcomes in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSSC) in non-surgical patients whose treatment consisted of radiotherapy with and without chemotherapy.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  Information not available
  
  
  METHODS
  Systematic review
  
  
  METHODS
  Level 2: Limited-quality patient-oriented evidence
  
  
  METHODS
  B Limited-quality patient-orientated evidence.
authors: Director of Dental Research, Lutheran Medical Center, 150 55th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11220, USA, Tel.: +1 413 386 5041. Electronic address: wp9@nyu.edu.
authors: Walter J
authors: WJ
authors: Psoter
authors: Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Restorative Dental Science, Division of Prosthodontics, University of Florida College of Dentistry, Health Science Center Gainesville, FL, USA. Electronic address: maguilar@dental.ufl.edu.
authors: Maria Lucia
authors: ML
authors: Aguilar
mesh_terms: D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D011788:Quality of Life