Assessing quality of life in patients with cancer: A comparison of a visual-analogue and a categorical model

American Journal of Clinical Oncology: Cancer Clinical Trials

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 394-399

  Giorgi, Francesca ^a   Cellerino, Riccardo ^a   Gramazio, Attilio ^a   Tummarello, Diego ^a   Menichetti, Ettore Tito ^a   Giordani, Paolo ^a   Antognoli, Stefania ^a   Carle, Flavia ^a   Piga, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Neoplasms; Prospective studies; Quality of life; Questionnaires

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; VISUAL AID;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA; LINEAR MODELS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REMISSION INDUCTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 0029946535     PISSN: 02773732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000421-199608000-00016     Document Type: Article

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