The European organization for research and treatment of cancer quality of life questionnaire: Implications for prognosis in pancreatic cancer

International Journal of Gastrointestinal Cancer

Volumn 37, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 65-73

  Gupta, Digant ^a   Lis, Christopher G ^a   Grutsch, James F ^a  

^a CANCER TREATMENT CENTERS OF AMERICA   (United States)

Author keywords

Pancreatic cancer; Prognosis; QLQ C30; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; EMOTION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LOG RANK TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PANCREAS CANCER; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; CANCER CARE FACILITIES; EUROPE; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 35348851406     PISSN: 15373649     EISSN: 15590739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12029-007-0001-9     Document Type: Article

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