Fig. 1From: Health-related quality of life up to 1 year after radiotherapy in patients with head and neck cancer (HNC)Functional scales of the EORTC QLQ C-30 (0–100 point scale) from baseline over a 12-month period. Mean values based on patients answering the questionnaire. Higher scores indicate a high level of function. Statistically significant differences compared to baseline: <0.001 at completion of RT in physical, role, and social scales; <0.05 at completion of RT in cognitive scale; <0.001 at 3 months after RT in physical scale; <0.05 at 3 months in role scale; <0.001 at 6 months in physical scale; <0.05 at 6 months in emotional scale; <0.05 at 12 months in emotional scaleBack to article page