Disability and health-related quality of life in long-term survivors of cancer in childhood in Brazil

Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 563-570

  Shimoda, Sandra ^a   Horsman, John ^b,c   Furlong, William ^b,c   Barr, Ronald ^d,e   De Camargo, Beatriz ^a  

^a A C CAMARGO CANCER CENTER   (Brazil)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d Health Utilities Incorporated   (Canada)

^e MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cancer; Childhood; Health status; Health related quality of life; Survivors

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CANCER CENTER; CANCER PAIN; CANCER SURVIVOR; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISABILITY; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERM CELL TUMOR; HEALTH STATUS; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; LIVER TUMOR; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEPHROBLASTOMA; NEUROBLASTOMA; OSTEOSARCOMA; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETINOBLASTOMA; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; SPEECH DISORDER; SURVIVAL TIME; VISUAL DISORDER; WALKING DIFFICULTY; ADULT; HEALTH SURVEY; INFANT; NEOPLASM; ONSET AGE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; SURVIVOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SURVIVORS;

EID: 53749100201     PISSN: 10774114     EISSN: 15363678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPH.0b013e31816e231c     Document Type: Article

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