Changes in satisfaction in patients with gynaecological and breast malignancies: An analysis with the socio-economic satisfaction and quality of life questionnaire

European Journal of Cancer Care

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 508-516

  Fasching, P A ^a   Nicolaisen Murmann, K ^a   Lux, M P ^a   Bender, H G ^b   Ackermann, S ^a   Beckmann, M W ^a   Bani, M R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Gynecological cancer; Life satisfaction; Quality of life; Survey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT TUMOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 35348831184     PISSN: 09615423     EISSN: 13652354     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2354.2007.00784.x     Document Type: Article

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