Quality of life after curative radiotherapy in Stage I non-small-cell lung cancer

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 847-853

  Langendijk, Johannes A ^a   Aaronson, Neil K ^b   De Jong, Jos M A ^a   Ten Velde, Guul P M ^c   Muller, Martin J ^b   Slotman, Ben J ^d   Wouters, Emiel F M ^c  

^a MAASTRO CLINIC   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Curative radiotherapy; Non small cell lung cancer; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

IRRADIATION; RADIOTHERAPY; TUMORS;

RADIOGRAPH;

PULMONARY DISEASES;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPHAGIA; DYSPNEA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INOPERABLE CANCER; IRRADIATION; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LYMPH NODE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037100053     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(02)02847-X     Document Type: Article

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