What symptom and functional dimensions can be predictors for global ratings of overall quality of life in lung cancer patients?

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1199-1205

  Östlund, Ulrika ^a   Wennman Larsen, Agneta ^a   Gustavsson, Petter ^a   Wengström, Yvonne ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

EORTC QLQ C 30; EORTC QLQ LC 13; Lung neoplasm; Proxy ratings; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER FATIGUE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RESEARCH; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SYMPTOM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; SWEDEN;

EID: 34648833217     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-007-0239-6     Document Type: Article

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