Do patients who are treated with stem cell transplantation have a health-related quality of life comparable to the general population after 1 year?

Bone Marrow Transplantation

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 911-918

  Hjermstad, M J ^a,b   Holte, H ^b   Evensen, S A ^b   Fayers, P M ^c   Kaasa, S ^d  

^a Kreftforeningen   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^d TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

EORTC QLQ C30; Health related quality of life; High dose chemotherapy; Reference data; Stem cell transplantation; Treatment side effects

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; COGNITION; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 0032725492     PISSN: 02683369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1701998     Document Type: Article

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