Assessment of symptom experience in patients undergoing hepatic resection or ablation

Cancer

Volumn 107, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2715-2722

  Eid, Sebastian ^a   Stromberg, Arnold J ^b   Ames, Susan ^a   Ellis, Susan ^a   McMasters, Kelly M ^a   Martin II, Robert C G ^a,c  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy; Hepatic ablation; Hepatic resection; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EUROPEAN ORGANIZATION FOR RESEARCH AND TREATMENT OF CANCER QUALITY OF LIFE QUESTIONNAIRE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT IN CANCER THERAPY; HUMAN; LIVER CANCER; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER SURGERY; MALE; PANCREAS CANCER; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFILE OF MOOD STATES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33751571255     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.22297     Document Type: Article

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