Are gender-associated differences in quality of life in colorectal cancer patients disease-specific?

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 547-555

  Giesinger, Johannes ^a   Kemmler, Georg ^a   Mueller, Verena ^b   Zabernigg, August ^b   Mayrbaeurl, Beate ^c   Thaler, Josef ^c   Öfner, Dietmar ^a   Pegger, Christian ^a   Rumpold, Gerhard ^a   Weber, Barbara ^d   Sperner Unterweger, Barbara ^a   Holzner, Bernhard ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c Klinikum Wels Grieskirchen GmbH   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Gender; General population; Quality of life; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RESEARCH; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGLECT; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 67349102899     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-009-9468-0     Document Type: Article

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