Quality of life: From a Tower of Babel toward a unified voice

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1334-1335

  Fuller, Clifton D ^a   Braden, Carrie J ^a   Thomas Jr , Charles R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EDITORIAL; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 1842476933     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2003.10.047     Document Type: Editorial

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