A patient with head and neck cancer may have a poor quality of life. De Melo et al used decision tree analysis to identify factors impacting the risk of this outcome. The authors are from the State University of Paraiba in Brazil.
Outcome: low quality of life (versus high)
Parameters:
(1) cancer stage
(2) sex
(3) management
Cancer Stage
Sex
Management
Percent Low QOL
I or II
NA
NA
42%
III or IV
male
NA
64%
III or IV
female
surgery
73%
III or IV
female
chemo- and/or radiotherapy
100%
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