Malignant cerebral glioma—II: Perspectives of patients and relatives on the value of radiotherapy

BMJ

Volumn 313, Issue 7071, 1996, Pages 1512-1516

  Davies, Elizabeth ^a   Clarke, Charles ^a   Hopkins, Anthony ^b  

^a ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELATIVE; REMISSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; AWARENESS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; DECISION MAKING; DISABLED PERSONS; FAMILY; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCEPTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0030477893     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.313.7071.1512     Document Type: Article

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