Assessment of quality of life after cystectomy or conservative therapy for patients with infiltrating bladder carcinoma: A survey by a self- administered questionnaire

Cancer

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1089-1097

  Caffo, Orazio ^a   Fellin, Gianni ^a   Graffer, Umberto ^a   Luciani, Lucio ^a  

^a SANTA CHIARA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

bladder carcinoma; chemotherapy; cystectomy; quality of life; radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CARCINOMA; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CYSTECTOMY; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS; URINATION DISORDERS;

EID: 0029794320     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0142(19960901)78:5<1089::AID-CNCR20>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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