Survey of the administration of quality of life (QL) questionnaires in three multicentre randomised trials in cancer

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 49-57

  Hopwood, P ^a,b   Harvey, A ^b   Davies, J ^b   Stephens, R J ^b   Girling, D J ^b   Gibson, D ^b,b   Parmar, M K B ^b   Blechen, N M ^b   Bolger, J J ^b   Clark, P I ^b   Connolly, C K ^b   Hasleton, P S ^b   Macbeth, F R ^b   Moghissi, K ^b   Saunders, M I ^b   Thatcher, N ^b   White, R J ^b   Barren, A ^b   Bomford, C K ^b   Cottier, B ^b   Coyle, D ^b   Crellin, A M ^b   Dawes, P J K ^b   Dische, S ^b   Drummond, M F ^b   Gaffney, C ^b   Galpine, A ^b   Henk, J M ^b   Herrmann, T ^b   Littbrand, B ^b   Linier, J ^a,b   Morgan, D A L ^b   Newman, H ^b   Robertson, A G ^b   Robinson, M H ^b   Rothwell, R I ^b   Symonds, R P ^b   Tobias, J S ^b   Whipp, M J ^b   Yosef, H M A ^b   more..

^a CHRISTIE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Head and neck cancer; Lung cancer; Quality of life; Randomised trials; Survey

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; LUNG CANCER; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLISHING; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 0031913005     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-8049(97)00347-X     Document Type: Article

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