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ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2022

Quality of Life in Oral Cancer Patients in Greek Clinical Practice: A Cohort Study.

Maria Lavdaniti, Ioannis Tilaveridis, Dimitra Palitzika, Athanasios Kyrgidis, Stefanos Triaridis, Konstantinos Vachtsevanos, Angeliki Kosintzi, Konstantinos Antoniades

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Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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Maria LavdanitiNursing Department, International Hellenic University, 57400 Thessaloniki, Greece.
Ioannis TilaveridisOral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece.
Dimitra PalitzikaNursing Director, Papanikolaou Hospital, 57010 Thessaloniki, Greece.
Athanasios KyrgidisDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aristotle University, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece.ORCID 0000-0003-3896-0309
Stefanos Triaridis1st Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece.
Konstantinos VachtsevanosOral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Papanikolaou Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 57010 Thessaloniki, Greece.
Angeliki KosintziSpecial Education, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece.
Konstantinos AntoniadesOral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Papanikolaou Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 57010 Thessaloniki, Greece.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cancer of the oral cavity is one of the most common cancers all over the world. Oral cancer and its treatment impacts on patients' Quality of Life (QOL). The purpose of the present study was to assess oral cancer patients' QOL after the completion of surgical therapy, and to investigate factors affecting it. This was a prospective cohort study, conducted at the Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, of a large general public hospital in Northern Greece. The sample consisted of 135 consecutive eligible cancer patients. Three distinct questionnaires were used. The first one included questions regarding the participants' demographic characteristics and relevant clinical information. The second comprised the European Organization for Research and Treatment core module (EORTC QLQ-C30) and its head and neck module EORTC QLQ-H&N35. The third was the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-General (FACT-G) assessment of quality of life. We also included the physician-completed Karnofsky scale to assess the functional status of the participants. We found that location of the tumor affects QOL and specifically social contact (H = 17.89,

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