Early effect of surgery on quality of life in women with operable breast cancer

Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 468-472

  Pandey, Manoj ^a   Thomas, Bejoy C ^a   Ramdas, Kunnambath ^a   Ratheesan, Kuttan ^a  

^a REGIONAL CANCER CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Body image; Breast cancer; FACT B; Malignant neoplasm; Psycho oncology; Quality of life (QOL); Surgery; Treatment; Trial Outcome Index; Well being

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONALITY; FAMILY COPING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL WELFARE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; WELLBEING; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY IMAGE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MASTECTOMY, RADICAL; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33748105822     PISSN: 03682811     EISSN: 14653621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jjco/hyl065     Document Type: Article

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