Quality of life measurement in oncology - A matter of the assessment instrument?

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 37, Issue 18, 2001, Pages 2349-2356

  Holzner, B ^a   Kemmler, G ^a   Sperner Unterweger, B ^a   Kopp, M ^a   Dunser M ^a   Margreiter, R ^a   Marschitz, I ^a   Nachbaur, D ^a   Fleischhacker, W W ^a   Greil, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Assessment, FACT G; Cancer; Comparison; EORTC QLQ C30; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; BREAST CANCER; CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONCOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; WELLBEING;

ADULT; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0035192699     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-8049(01)00307-0     Document Type: Article

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