Health-related quality of life in long-term breast cancer survivors: Nationwide survey in Denmark

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 39-46

  Peuckmann, Vera ^a,b   Ekholm, Ola ^c   Rasmussen, Niels Kristian ^c   Møller, Susanne ^a   Groenvold, Mogens ^d,e   Christiansen, Peer ^a,f   Eriksen, Jørgen ^a   Sjøgren, Per ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^f AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Breast cancer survivor; Breast cancer treatment; Epidemiology; Health related quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DENMARK; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHORT FORM 36; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL STATUS; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; SURVIVORS;

EID: 34250897440     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10549-006-9386-6     Document Type: Article

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