Neutral third party versus treating institution for evaluating quality of life after radical cystectomy

European Urology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 195-199

  Mansson A ^a   Henningsohn, L ^b   Steineck, G ^b   Mansson W ^c  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bladder cancer; Quality of life; Questionnaire; Radical cystectomy; Third party

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BLADDER CARCINOMA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTECTOMY; DIARRHEA; DYSPNEA; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; INSTRUMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; ORTHOTOPIC TRANSPLANTATION; PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SWEDEN; URINARY DIVERSION; URINARY TRACT SURGERY; VOMITING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CYSTECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOM ALLOCATION;

EID: 3142638836     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2004.04.010     Document Type: Article

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