Chinese nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients treated with radiotherapy: Association between satisfaction with information provided and quality of life

Cancer

Volumn 92, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 2126-2135

  Yu, Clara L M ^a   Fielding, Richard ^a   Chan, Cecilia L W ^a   Sham, Jonathan S T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chinese; Consultation satisfaction; Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy General Scale (FACT G (Ch)); Head and neck; Medical Interview Satisfaction Scale (MISS); Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC); Quality of life; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CHINESE; EATING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; OCCUPATION; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 0035886558     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.1554     Document Type: Article

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