Quality of life and the effect on social status among Slovenian women after breast cancer treatment

Journal of International Medical Research

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 557-566

  Gorišek, Borut ^a   Krajnc, P ^a   Krajnc, I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Lumpectomy; Mastectomy; Quality of life; Social status; Women

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; SLOVENIA; SOCIAL STATUS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; BREAST TUMOR; ECONOMICS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CLASS;

ADULT; AGED; BODY IMAGE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 66649116948     PISSN: 03000605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/147323000903700233     Document Type: Article

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