Quality of life in patients after combined modality treatment of rectal cancer: Report of a prospective phase II study

Radiology and Oncology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 207-214

  Velenik, Vaneja ^a   Oblak, Irena ^a   Anderluh, Franc ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Preoperative radiochemotherapy; Quality of life; Rectal cancer

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECTUM CANCER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 58149147003     PISSN: 13182099     EISSN: 15813207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10019-008-0019-z     Document Type: Article

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