Quality of life in breast cancer patients aged over 70 years, participating in the EORTC 10850 randomised clinical trial

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 945-951

  De Haes, J C J M ^a   Curran, D ^b   Aaronson, N K ^c   Fentiman, I S ^d  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b EORTC DATA CENTER   (Belgium)

^c NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^d GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Elderly; EORTC; Quality of life; Randomised trial; Treatment choice

Indexed keywords

TAMOXIFEN;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; EMOTION; FATIGUE; FEAR; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0037403276     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-8049(03)00149-7     Document Type: Article

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