Functional and cognitive impairment , depressive symptoms and social isolation are highly prevalent in head and neck cancer patients and associate with high risk of adverse health outcomes .
OBJECTIVES Older head and neck cancer patients are at increased risk for adverse health outcomes , but little is known about which geriatric assessment associates with poor outcome .
The aim is to study the association of functional or cognitive impairment , social environment and frailty with adverse health outcomes in patients with head and neck cancer .
Effect of education level on outcome of patients treated on Radiation Therapy Oncology Group Protocol 90‐03
It has been hypothesized that people in lower socioeconomic groups have worse outcomes because they present with advanced‐stage cancers or receive inadequate treatment . The authors investigated this hypothesis by using  education level as a proxy for  socioeconomic status in patients treated on Radiation Therapy Oncology Group ( RTOG ) Protocol 90‐03
Functional and cognitive impairment , depressive symptoms and social isolation are highly prevalent in head and neck cancer patients and associate with high risk of adverse health outcomes .
OBJECTIVES Older head and neck cancer patients are at increased risk for adverse health outcomes , but little is known about which geriatric assessment associates with poor outcome .
The aim is to study the association of functional or cognitive impairment , social environment and frailty with adverse health outcomes in patients with head and neck cancer .