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Quality of Life and Patient Concerns in Oral Cancer

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Abstract

In this chapter the basic components of ‘quality of life’ assessment in oral cancer will be addressed in ten sections:

  1. 1.

    Why is quality of life an important outcome in oral cancer?

  2. 2.

    What is quality of life?

  3. 3.

    What is health-related quality of life?

  4. 4.

    How is HRQOL measured?

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    Can HRQOL outcomes help decision-making?

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    What are the HRQOL outcomes following treatments?

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    What will I be like?

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    How to identify who is doing badly and might benefit from interventions?

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    What do patients wish to talk about: Patient Concerns Inventory?

  10. 10.

    What is the future for patient-reported outcomes in oral cancer?

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Rogers, S. (2017). Quality of Life and Patient Concerns in Oral Cancer. In: Kuriakose, M.A. (eds) Contemporary Oral Oncology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43857-3_7

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