Assessing the quality of life of patients in phase I and II anti-cancer drug trials: Interviews versus questionnaires

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 921-934

  Cox, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Clinical trials; Quality of life; UK

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

CANCER; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL TRIALS, PHASE I; CLINICAL TRIALS, PHASE II; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH SUBJECTS;

EID: 0037363132     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(02)00100-4     Document Type: Article

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