Health-related quality of life 18 months after breast cancer: Comparison with the general population of Queensland, Australia

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1141-1150

  DiSipio, Tracey ^a   Hayes, Sandi ^a   Newman, Beth ^a   Janda, Monika ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; General population comparisons; Longitudinal study; Oncology; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BREAST CANCER; CHEMOTHERAPY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMOTION; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TIME; URBAN AREA; WELLBEING;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUEENSLAND; REGISTRIES; SURVIVORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 51649099830     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-007-0392-y     Document Type: Article

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