Quality of life as an outcome in clinical trials and cancer care: A primer for surgeons

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 270-276

  Whalen, Giles F ^a,c   Ferrans, Carol Estwing ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER PATIENT; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGEON;

CLINICAL TRIALS; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034879949     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jso.1107     Document Type: Review

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