Factors affecting the quality of life in lung cancer patients measured by EORTC QLQ questionnaire

Chinese Journal of Lung Cancer

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 230-235

  Cheng, Xiaolin ^a   Zhou, Deming ^a   Lu, Liping ^a  

^a Jinan Second People's Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

EORTC QLQ; Lung neoplasms; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 3042657309     PISSN: 10093419     EISSN: 19996187     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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