Health-related quality of life and health care utilisation among older long-term cancer survivors: A population-based study

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 43, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 2211-2221

  Mols, Floortje ^a,b   Coebergh, Jan Willem W ^b,c   van de Poll Franse, Lonneke V ^b  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b The Netherlands   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Elderly; Endometrial cancer; Health care utilisation; Health related quality of life; Long term survivors; Non Hodgkin's lymphoma; Prostate cancer

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER PAIN; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVOR; CANCER THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OCCUPATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SHORT FORM 36;

AGE FACTORS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURVIVORS;

EID: 35048897918     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2007.06.022     Document Type: Article

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