Quality of life and independence in activities of daily living preoperatively and at follow-up in patients with colorectal cancer

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 402-409

  Ulander, Kerstin ^a   Jeppsson, Bengt ^a   Grahn, Gertrud ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Colorectal cancer; Quality of life; Surgical oncology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL SURGERY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SWEDEN;

EID: 0030770605     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005200050099     Document Type: Article

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