Determinants of overall quality of life in preterminal cancer patients

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 232-235

  Beijer, Sandra ^a   Kempen, Gertrudis I J M ^a   Pijls Johannesma, Madelon C G ^b   De Graeff, Alexander ^c   Dagnelie, Pieter C ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Determinants; EORTC QLQ C30; Fatigue; Palliative care; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; COGNITION; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; DYSPNEA; EMOTION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANOREXIA; COGNITION; DIARRHEA; DYSPNEA; EMOTIONS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NAUSEA; NEOPLASMS; PAIN; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; ROLE; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; VOMITING;

EID: 43949109267     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.23497     Document Type: Article

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