When should quality of life be measured after radical cystectomy?

European Urology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 350-355

  Kulaksizoglu, Haluk ^a   Toktas, Gökhan ^a   Kulaksizoglu, Isinn Baral ^b   Aglamis, Erdogan ^c   Unluer, Erdinc ^a  

^a SSK Goztepe Training and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c SSK Malatya Hastanesi   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Bladder cancer; Quality of life; Radical cystectomy; Timing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BLADDER CANCER; CYSTECTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; URINARY DIVERSION; URINE INCONTINENCE; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; BLADDER TUMOR; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; CYSTECTOMY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0036795243     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0302-2838(02)00351-2     Document Type: Article

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