Psycho-social well-being and general health status after surgical treatment for localized renal cell carcinoma

International Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 441-446

  Ficarra, Vincenzo ^a   Novella, Giovanni ^a   Sarti, Alessandra ^a   Novara, Giacomo ^a   Galfano, Antonio ^a   Cavalleri, Stefano ^a   Artibani, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Nephron sparing surgery; Quality of life; Radical nephrectomy; Renal cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LANGUAGE; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHRECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE DEPRESSION; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VALIDATION PROCESS; WELLBEING; WORK;

ANXIETY; CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHRECTOMY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0141888039     PISSN: 03011623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025683306449     Document Type: Article

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