The Impact of Surgery and Radiotherapy on Health-Related Quality of Life of Individuals with Oral and Oropharyngeal Carcinoma and Short-Term Follow up after Treatment

Goiato, Marcelo Coelho; Amoroso, Andressa Paschoal; Silva, Bruna; Dos Santos, Emerson Gomes; Caxias, Fernanda Pereira De; Bitencourt, Sandro Basso; Moreno, Amalia; Dos Santos, Daniela Micheline

doi:10.31557/APJCP.2020.21.5.1227

The Impact of Surgery and Radiotherapy on Health-Related Quality of Life of Individuals with Oral and Oropharyngeal Carcinoma and Short-Term Follow up after Treatment

Document Type : Research Articles

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¹ Oral Oncology Center and Department of Dental Materials and Prosthodontics, São Paulo State University (UNESP), School of Dentistry, Araçatuba, SP, Brazil.

² Department of Business, Paulista School of Politics, Economics and Business, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), Osasco, Brazil.

³ Department of Oral Surgery, Pathology and Clinical Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Brazil.

10.31557/APJCP.2020.21.5.1227

Abstract

Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the quality of life of patients with oral or oropharyngeal cancer by using specific questionnaires (QLQ-C30 and QLQ-HandN35), varying according to the location of the tumor (oral cavity or oropharynx) and the treatment performed (only surgery or surgery associated with radiotherapy). Methods: Fifty patients were enrolled in this study and answered the EORTC QLQ-C30 and EORTC HandN35 questionnaires, before (baseline), at 1 week, and 3 months after treatment. Internal consistency reliability was calculated with the Cronbach coefficient. The Kruskal-Wallis and Wilcoxon tests were applied and P

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