Abstract
INTRODUCTION Quality of life measurement is an important aspect of comprehensive clinical assessment. It does not have a set definition, but changes according to sociocultural context. Head and neck cancer patients experience substantially decreased health-related quality of life. The Cuban public health system needs to develop its own instrument to measure these patients’ quality of life.
Highlights
Quality of life measurement is an important aspect of comprehensive clinical assessment
Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) does not have a set definition, but changes according to sociocultural context
The following statistics support our interest in studying HRQOL in patients with head and neck cancers
Summary
Quality of life measurement is an important aspect of comprehensive clinical assessment. It does not have a set definition, but changes according to sociocultural context. Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) does not have a set definition, but changes according to sociocultural context. Disease symptoms and treatment side effects decrease cancer patients’ personal satisfaction and sources of gratification; adapting to life with cancer or maintaining an acceptable level of HRQOL is associated with reducing negative emotions.[1−3]. Chemotherapy and radiotherapy are the standard treatments for clinical stages III and IV. Despite their efficacy in locoregional tumor control, high morbidity from their side effects negatively impacts patients’
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