Quality of Life assessment in patients that underwent tongue cancer resection utilizing a specific designed questionary | ||||
| Egyptian Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery | ||||
| Volume 14, Issue 4, October 2023, Page 109-115 PDF (378.49 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/OMX.2023.229337.1202 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
Gustavo Grimaldi   ; Hamze Afaf; Mohamed Abdulaziz; Moustafa Al- Khalil; Mathias Martinez; Omar Aboumarzouk
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| Hamad medical corporation Maxillofacial Surgery | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Quality of life is important in patients given the diagnosis of cancer of oral and oropharyngeal areas, due to the complex and morbid surgeries usually speech, language, in addition to swallowing function are affected, therefore, quality of life can potentially be significantly impacting causing esthetics, functional and social issues for the patients. There are multiple investigations that assess the quality of life of this previously mentioned patient after surgical procedures. However, few studies focus on oral cancer specially tongue cancer. Since most of articles assess all head and neck cancers, which conform to a heterogeneous group with several different features depending on location (oral cavity, oropharynx, larynx, hypopharynx, nasopharynx, and salivary glands). The aim of this study was to assess the quality of life (QOL) and survival in patients with tongue cancer adjusted for important clinical, demographic, and lifestyle-related factors in a tertiary referral center using and specific design questionary evaluating subjectively the impact of tongue cancer in their daily life. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Quality of life questionnaire; oral cancer; tongue cancer; head; and neck cancer | ||||
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