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The performance status scale for head and neck cancer patients and the functional assessment of cancer therapy-head and neck scale: A study of utility and validity

  1. Marcy A. List Ph.D.1,*,
  2. Linda L. D'Antonio Ph.D.2,
  3. David F. Cella Ph.D.3,
  4. Amy Siston B.Sc.1,
  5. Patricia Mumby Ph.D.1,
  6. Daniel Haraf M.D.1,
  7. Everett Vokes M.D.1

Article first published online: 6 DEC 1998

DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0142(19960601)77:11<2294::AID-CNCR17>3.0.CO;2-S

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Cancer

Cancer

Volume 77, Issue 11, pages 2294–2301, 1 June 1996

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List, M. A., D'Antonio, L. L., Cella, D. F., Siston, A., Mumby, P., Haraf, D. and Vokes, E. (1996), The performance status scale for head and neck cancer patients and the functional assessment of cancer therapy-head and neck scale: A study of utility and validity. Cancer, 77: 2294–2301. doi: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0142(19960601)77:11<2294::AID-CNCR17>3.0.CO;2-S

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  1. 1

    University of Chicago Cancer Research Center, Chicago, Illinois

  2. 2

    Loma Linda University School of Medicine & Loma Linda University Cancer Institute, Loma Linda, California

  3. 3

    Rush Presbyterian St. Luke's Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois

*Cancer Control, University of Chicago Cancer Research Center, 5841 S. Maryland MC 1140, Chicago IL 60637

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 6 DEC 1998
  2. Article first published online: 6 DEC 1998
  3. Manuscript Revised: 15 FEB 1996
  4. Manuscript Accepted: 15 FEB 1996
  5. Manuscript Received: 22 NOV 1995

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  • National Cancer Institute's Cancer Center Support. Grant Number: CA 14599

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