Patients' experience of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia: Baseline health-related quality of life results from the LRF CLL4 trial

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 143, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 690-697

  Else, Monica ^a   Smith, Alastair G ^b   Cocks, Kim ^c   Richards, Sue M ^d   Crofts, Shirley ^b   Wade, Rachel ^d   Catovsky, Daniel ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Clinical Trials Research Unit   (United Kingdom)

^d CLINICAL TRIAL SERVICE UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaemia; B symptoms; Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia; Health related quality of life; Untreated patients

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; DYSPNEA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SLEEP DISORDER; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COST OF ILLNESS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, CHRONIC, B-CELL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT SELECTION; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SLEEP DISORDERS;

EID: 55949137194     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2008.07407.x     Document Type: Article

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