Quality-of-life assessment during palliative radiotherapy

Australasian Radiology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 354-359

  Kearsley, J H ^a   Schonfeld, C ^b   Sheehan, M ^b  

^a ST GEORGE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Palliation; Quality of life; Radiotherapy; Rotterdam Symptom Check List; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALOPECIA; APPETITE DISORDER; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE COURSE; DYSPNEA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEARTBURN; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SYMPTOM; VOMITING;

EID: 0031796360     PISSN: 00048461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1673.1998.tb00537.x     Document Type: Article

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