Identification of paediatric cancer patients with poor quality of life

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 82-88

  Sung, L ^a   Klaassen, R J ^b   Dix, D ^c   Pritchard, S ^c   Yanofsky, R ^d   Dzolganovski, B ^a   Almeida, R ^a   Klassen, A ^e  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^e MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Children; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER THERAPY; CAREGIVER; CHEMOTHERAPY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCHOOL CHILD; SIBLING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 58149263064     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6604826     Document Type: Article

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