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. 2025 Apr 1;151(4):409-411.
doi: 10.1001/jamaoto.2024.5260.

EORTC Quality-of-Life Questionnaire Responsiveness in Surgical Patients With Head and Neck Cancer

Michael P Wu  1 , Samir C Seshadri  1 , Sarah Whittaker  2 , Nadine McCleary  3 , Ravindra Uppaluri  1 , Eleni Rettig  1 , Donald Annino  1 , Laura Goguen  1 , Rosh K V Sethi  1
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EORTC Quality-of-Life Questionnaire Responsiveness in Surgical Patients With Head and Neck Cancer

Michael P Wu et al. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. .
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Plain language summary

This cohort study evaluates the responsiveness of a quality-of-life questionnaire among patients with head and neck cancer before and after surgery, stratified by oral cavity resection or neck dissection.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest Disclosures: Dr Rettig reported in-kind research assay support from Naveris outside the submitted work. No other disclosures were reported.

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Figure.
Figure.. Trajectories of Mouth Pain, Swallowing, and Speech Scales Over Time Stratified by Adjuvant Treatment
The method used for scatterplot smoothing was LOESS (locally estimated scatterplot smoothing). The shaded areas indicate 95% CIs.
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