Quality of life after surgical treatment of colorectal liver metastases

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 93, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1007-1014

  Langenhoff, B S ^a   Krabbe, P F M ^a   Peerenboom, L ^a   Wobbes, T ^a   Ruers, T J M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DETERIORATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INOPERABLE CANCER; LAPAROTOMY; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL APPROACH; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

AGED; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE;

EID: 33747048683     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: 13652168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.5387     Document Type: Article

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