Significant negative impact of adjuvant chemotherapy on health-related quality of life (HR-QoL) in women with breast cancer treated by conserving surgery and postoperative 3-D radiotherapy: A prospective measurement

Strahlentherapie und Onkologie

Volumn 181, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 645-651

  Galalae, Razvan M ^a   Michel, Jan ^a   Siebmann, Jens Ullrich ^a   Küchler, Thomas ^a   Eilf, Kirsten ^a   Kimmig, Bernard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Chemotherapy; Conformal 3 D radiotherapy; Health related quality of life; Hormonal therapy

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; EPIRUBICIN; FLUOROURACIL; HORMONE; TAMOXIFEN;

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIABILITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; COGNITION; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 26644455516     PISSN: 01797158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00066-005-1403-x     Document Type: Article

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