The clinical needs of patients with chronic gastrointestinal symptoms after pelvic radiotherapy

Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 555-563

  Gillespie, C ^a   Goode, C ^b   Hackett, C ^b   Andreyev, H J N ^b  

^a CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOATING; CHRONIC DISEASE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIARRHEA; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; FLATULENCE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PELVIS RADIOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; URINARY TRACT CANCER; URINARY URGENCY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PELVIC NEOPLASMS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIOTHERAPY; UROLOGIC DISEASES;

EID: 34547452684     PISSN: 02692813     EISSN: 13652036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2036.2007.03405.x     Document Type: Article

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