The prognostic association of health-related quality of life scores with survival in breast cancer

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 387-393

  Gupta, Digant ^a   Granick, Joel ^a   Grutsch, James F ^a   Lis, Christopher G ^a  

^a CANCER TREATMENT CENTERS OF AMERICA   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Health related quality of life; Patient satisfaction; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; COURSE EVALUATION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LOG RANK TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 34247855128     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-006-0165-z     Document Type: Article

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