The prognostic value of quality-of-life scores: Preliminary results of an analysis of patients with breast cancer

Surgery Today

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 255-261

  Shimozuma, Kojiro ^a   Sonoo, Hiroshi ^a   Ichihara, Kiyoshi ^a   Tanaka, Katsuhiro ^a  

^a KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Palliative care; Prognosis; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MENTAL STRESS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL ASPECT;

EID: 0034125672     PISSN: 09411291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005950050055     Document Type: Article

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