Open AccessCorrelation Between Postoperative Health-Related Quality of Life and Care Needs of Oral Cancer Patients
Author(s) -
Tze Fang Wang,
Yu Jie Li,
Lee Chen-Chen,
Chyuan Chou,
Su Yang
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
cancer nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.79
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1538-9804
pISSN - 0162-220X
DOI - 10.1097/ncc.0000000000000677
Subject(s) - medicine , quality of life (healthcare) , head and neck cancer , cancer , swallowing , psychological intervention , incidence (geometry) , feeling , physical therapy , surgery , nursing , psychology , social psychology , physics , optics
Oral cancer is the fifth most common form of cancer in Taiwan in terms of incidence and death rate and results in at least 2700 deaths each year.