Symptoms and factors associated with symptom clusters among older adults with oral and oropharyngeal cancers at diagnosis

• Main Authors: Ana Catarina Alves e Silva (Author), Izabella Costa Santos (Author), Cleber Nascimento do Carmo (Author), Inês Echenique Mattos (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Brazilian Society of Geriatrics and Gerontology, 2022-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVE: Describe differences in pretreatment symptoms and the composition of symptom clusters in older patients with oral and oropharyngeal cancer. METHODS: In this cross-sectional study, quality of life (QoL) assessments for cancer patients (EORCT QLQ-C30 and QLQ-H & N35) were applied to 161...