Evaluating function and health related quality of life in patients treated for extremity soft tissue sarcoma

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1439-1446

  Schreiber, Daphne ^a   Bell, Robert S ^b,c,d,e   Wunder, Jay S ^b,d   O'Sullivan, Brian ^c,d   Turcotte, Robert ^f   Masri, Bassam A ^g   Davis, Aileen M ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^f MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cancer rehabilitation; Disability evaluation; Quality of life; Sarcoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABILITY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIMB SALVAGE; LIMB TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANADA; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDIES; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SARCOMA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33750938641     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-006-0001-4     Document Type: Article

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