Effects of radiotherapy for brain metastases on quality of life (QoL) : PProspective pilot study of the DEGRO QoL working party;Lebensqualitäts-(LQ-)Effekte der Strahlentherapie von Hirnmetastasen. Prospektive Pilotstudie des DEGRO-LQ-Arbeitskreises

Strahlentherapie und Onkologie

Volumn 185, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 190-197

  Steinmann, Diana ^a   Schäfer, Christof ^b   Van Oorschot, Birgitt ^c   Wypior, Hans Joachim ^d   Bruns, Frank ^a   Bölling, Tobias ^e   Sehlen, Susanne ^f   Hagg, Juliane ^g   Bayerl, Anja ^h   Geinitz, Hans ⁱ   Hipp, Matthias ^b   Vordermark, Dirk ^j  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^d Hospital Landshut   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^h General Hospital Krems   (Austria)

ⁱ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^j MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

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Author keywords

Brain metastases; Quality of life; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

PREDNISONE;

ADULT; AGED; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BLADDER FUNCTION; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN RADIATION; BREAST CANCER; CANCER FATIGUE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER SURVIVOR; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETERIORATION; DROWSINESS; DYSPNEA; HAIR LOSS; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LEG; LIMB WEAKNESS; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELANOMA; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NAUSEA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PILOT STUDY; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RATING SCALE; SEIZURE; SKIN PRURITUS; SURVIVAL RATE; SYMPTOM; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 63449084550     PISSN: 01797158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00066-009-1904-0     Document Type: Article

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