Patient satisfaction and health-related quality of life after treatment for colon cancer

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 801-809

  Gall, Carey A ^a,e   Weller, David ^b   Esterman, Adrian ^c   Pilotto, Louis ^d   McGorm, Kelly ^b   Hammett, Zoe ^d   Wattchow, David ^d  

^a FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e Joynton House   (Australia)

Author keywords

Colon cancer; Follow up; Patient satisfaction; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLON CANCER; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; AUSTRALIA; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL SURGERY; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 34249891598     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-006-0815-8     Document Type: Article

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