Impact of surgical palliation on quality of life in patients with advanced malignancy: Results of the decisions and outcomes in palliative surgery (DOPS) trial

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 922-928

  Podnos, Yale D ^a   Juarez, Gloria ^a   Pameijer, Colette ^a   Choi, Kyong ^b   Ferrell, Betty R ^a   Wagman, Lawrence D ^a  

^a CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Vital Research LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Distress; Outcomes; Palliation; Quality of life; Surgical palliation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER STATISTICS; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SKIN CANCER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33846583311     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-006-9238-y     Document Type: Article

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