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Table 8 The correlation between quality of life scales among EORTC H&N35 and EBV DNA

From: Pretreatment quality of life as a predictor of survival for patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma treated with IMRT

Scale

Î’

P

Pain

− 0.060

0.178

Swallowing

−0.052

0.244

Senses

−0.038

0.397

Speech

−0.042

0.343

Social eating

−0.031

0.488

Social contact

−0.003

0.950

Sexuality

−0.042

0.343

Teeth

−0.134

0.003

Opening mouth

−0.156

< 0.0001

Dry mouth

−0.025

0.583

Sticky saliva

−0.076

0.089

Coughing

−0.042

0.351

Felt ill

−0.030

0.497

Pain killers

−0.065

0.147

Nutrition supplements

−0.068

0.126

Feeding tube

0.096

0.031

Weight loss

−0.007

0.880

Weight gain

0.015

0.739

  1. Abbrevations. EORTC European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer, QoL Qualtiy of life