Abstract
Objective: The purpose of this study was to compare quality of life issues in patients with advanced laryngeal versus oropharyngeal cancer after treatment with chemoradiation. Design: A cohort study of 31 patients with laryngeal or oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma treated with chemoradiation completed the University of Washington quality of life instrument version 4 (UW-QOL v4). Statistical analysis was performed with Wilcoxon rank sum and chi-square tests. Setting: Academic tertiary care center. Results: Both groups reported similar impairment in the domains of swallowing, chewing, and taste. Oropharyngeal cancer patients reported significantly worse quality of life in the domain of saliva (P < 0.007). Conclusion: Swallowing, chewing, and taste were adversely affected by chemoradiation for both groups. Oropharyngeal patients experienced significantly worse problems with saliva than laryngeal patients. These patients reported high levels of satisfaction with health-related quality of life issues. Significance: Specific head and neck subsites have different morbidities when treated with primary chemoradiation for advanced tumors.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 565-570 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery |
Volume | 135 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Oct 2006 |
Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Surgery
- Otorhinolaryngology