Item selection in the development of quality of life scale for nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients

Chinese Journal of Cancer

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 82-85

  Gu, Mo Fa ^a,b   Du, Yu Zhong ^b   Chen, Xin Lin ^b   Li, Jian Jun ^a,b   Zhang, Hua Man ^a,b   Tong, Qin ^a,b  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY CANCER CENTER   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Item selection; Nasopharyngeal neoplasm; Quality of life; Scale

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APPETITE; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; DIZZINESS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SHORT FORM 36; SKIN DEFECT; SOCIAL STATUS; WEIGHT REDUCTION; XEROSTOMIA; ADOLESCENT; AGED; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNX TUMOR; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 69849113783     PISSN: 1000467X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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