Correlation of quality of life with tumor response in patients receiving palliative chemotherapy for advanced gastrointestinal tumors

Medical Oncology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 81-87

  Shin, Dong Bok ^a   Bang, Soo Mee ^a,b   Park, Se Hoon ^a   Kang, Hee Geun ^a   Jue, Jung In ^a   Han, Sang Hoon ^a   Lee, Yuna ^a   Cho, Eun Kyung ^a   Lee, Jae Hoon ^a  

^a Gachon University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Gastrointestinal tumors; Quality of life; Tumor response

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ANEMIA; ANOREXIA; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIARRHEA; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TUMOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NAUSEA; PAIN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SLEEP DISORDER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VOMITING; ANXIETY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 42949085885     PISSN: 13570560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12032-007-0045-5     Document Type: Article

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