Quality of life of breast cancer patients in Taiwan: Validation of the Taiwan Chinese version of the EORTC QLQ-C30 and EORTC QLQ-BR23

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 729-735

  Chie, Wei Chu ^a   Chang, King Jen ^b   Huang, Chiun Sheng ^b   Kuo, Wen Hong ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; FLUOROURACIL; METHOTREXATE; SEX HORMONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; PILOT STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TAIWAN; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TAIWAN;

EID: 0141921517     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.727     Document Type: Article

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