Effect of combined treatment methods on quality of life in patients with pancreatic cancer

American Journal of Therapeutics

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 316-318

  Heras, Panagiotis ^a,b,c,d   Kritikos, Konstantinos ^a,b   Hatzopoulos, Antonios ^b,c   Kritikos, Nikolaos ^c   Karagiannis, Stefanos ^a,b   Mitsibounas, Dimitrios ^c  

^a General Hospital of Cos   (Greece)

^b General Hospital of Nafplio   (Greece)

^c Hellenic Medical Society for the Study of Psychosomatic Problems   (Greece)

^d NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

5 fluorouracil; Gemcitabine; Pancreatic cancer; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL; GEMCITABINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATIGUE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; METASTASIS; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE;

AGED; ANTIMETABOLITES, ANTINEOPLASTIC; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEOXYCYTIDINE; FEMALE; FLUOROURACIL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 68949184611     PISSN: 10752765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MJT.0b013e318195e33c     Document Type: Article

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