Health-related quality of life in long-term follow-up of patients with cured TNM Stage i or II differentiated thyroid carcinoma

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 493-497

  Pelttari, Hanna ^a   Sintonen, Harri ^b   Schalin Jäntti, Camilla ^a   Välimäki, Matti J ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SLEEP; SPEECH; THYROID CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVORS; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 60349117550     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: 13652265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2008.03366.x     Document Type: Article

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