Health related quality of life in patients treated with radical cystectomy and urinary diversion for urothelial carcinoma of the bladder: Development and validation of a new disease specific questionnaire

Journal of Urology

Volumn 170, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1926-1930

  Cookson, Michael S ^a,b   Dutta, Sajal C ^a   Chang, Sam S ^a   Clark, Travis ^a   Smith Jr , Joseph A ^a   Wells, Nancy ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bladder; Cystectomy; Quality of life; Questionnaires; Urinary diversion

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CARCINOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYSTECTOMY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT OF CANCER THERAPY VANDERBILT CYSTECTOMY INDEX; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL OUTCOME FORM 36 HEALTH STATUS SURVEY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES; URINARY DIVERSION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0141954167     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000092830.03247.ef     Document Type: Article

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