Quality of life predicts cancer survival

Thursday, May 29, 2008 - 16:28 in Health & Medicine

Head and neck cancer patients who reported lower physical quality of life were more likely to die from their disease, according to a new study from the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center. The findings could mean that identifying patients with poor quality of life could also identify patients with particularly aggressive tumors.

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