Quality of life and symptom attribution in long-term colon cancer survivors

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 254-258

  Phipps, Etienne ^a,b,c   Braitman, Leonard E ^b   Stites, Shana ^b   Leighton Jr , John C ^b  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EINSTEIN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Einstein Center for Urban Health Policy and Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer survivorship; Colon cancer; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIET; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; ENERGY; ENTEROPATHY; ETHNICITY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; METASTASIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIGION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUALITY; SHORT FORM 36; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOM;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHILADELPHIA; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVIVORS;

EID: 40449105862     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2007.00842.x     Document Type: Article

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