Evaluation of quality of life (QOL) in long-term survivors of high-grade osteosarcoma: A Japanese single center experience

Anticancer Research

Volumn 27, Issue 5 B, 2007, Pages 3621-3624

  Yonemoto, Tsukasa ^a   Ishii, Takeshi ^a   Takeuchi, Yoshio ^a   Kimura, Kenji ^a   Hagiwara, Yoko ^a   Iwata, Shintaro ^a   Tatezaki, Shin Ichiro ^a  

^a CHIBA CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amputation; Limb function; Limb sparing surgery; Osteosarcoma; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER SURVIVOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; OSTEOSARCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT FORM 36;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMPUTATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; OSTEOSARCOMA; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 35348985423     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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