Quality of life in patients undergoing bacille Calmette-Guérin therapy for superficial bladder cancer

British Journal of Urology

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 369-371

  Mack, D ^a   Frick, J ^a  

^a St Johanns Spital   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SUPERFICIAL CANCER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; BCG VACCINE; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0030429091     PISSN: 00071331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-410x.1996.00134.x     Document Type: Article

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