Quality of life measurement in the palliative management of advanced cancer

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 361-365

  Donnelly, Sinead ^a,b   Rybicki, Lisa ^b   Walsh, Declan ^b  

^a TAUSSIG CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Palliation; Performance status; Quality of life; Visual analogue scales

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNITED STATES; VISUAL SYSTEM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034925119     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005200100234     Document Type: Article

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