Measuring health status in patients with skeletal metastases treated by surgery

American Journal of Clinical Oncology: Cancer Clinical Trials

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 424-428

  Clohisy, Denis R ^a,b   Le, Chap T ^a   Umen, Andrew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIV OF MINNESOTA HOSP AND CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone metastasis; Cancer; Functional Living Index; Quality of life; SF 36

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; CANCER SURGERY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AGED; BONE NEOPLASMS; COST OF ILLNESS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISEASE; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FORECASTING; FRACTURES, BONE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 0030843667     PISSN: 02773732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000421-199708000-00022     Document Type: Article

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