The success of data collection in the palliative setting - Telephone or clinic follow-up?

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 555-559

  Haddad, Peiman ^a   Wilson, Paula ^a   Wong, Rebecca ^a,b   Williams, Diane ^a   Sharma, Neena ^a   Soban, Freidele ^a   McLean, Michael ^a   Levin, Wilfred ^a   Bezjak, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brain metastases; Follow up; Outcome; Palliative; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANADA; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAIR LOSS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELEPHONE; WHOLE BODY RADIATION;

AMBULATORY CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0141626861     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-003-0485-1     Document Type: Article

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