What Happens to People after Malignant Cord Compression? Survival, Function, Quality of Life, Emotional Well-being and Place of Care 1 Month after Diagnosis

Clinical Oncology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 56-62

  Conway, R ^a   Graham, J ^b   Kidd, J ^c   Levack, P ^d  

^a Specialist Registrar in Palliative Medicine   (United Kingdom)

^b Tayside ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c Information and Statistics Division   (United Kingdom)

^d NINEWELLS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Follow up; function; malignant cord compression; place of care; quality of life

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BLADDER CATHETERIZATION; BLADDER FUNCTION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; INTERVIEW; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MALIGNANT SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; MEDICAL CARE; NURSING CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WALKING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PAIN; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; URINARY CATHETERIZATION; WALKING;

EID: 33845974447     PISSN: 09366555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clon.2006.11.010     Document Type: Article

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