Management satisfaction in survivors of testicular cancer

Anticancer Research

Volumn 26, Issue 2 B, 2006, Pages 1463-1469

  Sørlie, Tore ^a   Rosenvinge, Jan H ^a   Bremnes, Roy ^b   Balteskard, Lise ^b   Dahl, Alv A ^c   Klepp, Olbjørn ^d   Fossa, Sophie D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Doctor patient relationship; Testicular cancer survivors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORWAY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; TESTIS CANCER; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33645821702     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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