Longitudinal Assessments of Quality of Life in Endometrial Cancer Patients: Effect of Surgical Approach and Adjuvant Radiotherapy

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 795-802

  Le, Tien ^a   Menard, Chantal ^a   Samant, Rajiv ^a   Choan, E ^a   Hopkins, Laura ^a   Faught, Wylam ^a   Fung Kee Fung, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adjuvant radiotherapy; Endometrial cancer; Quality of life; Surgical approach

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT RADIOTHERAPY; ADVERSE EFFECT; DEPENDENT VARIABLES; ENDOMETRIAL CANCER; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION MODEL; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TREATMENT;

PATIENT MONITORING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; INTERVIEW; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION DOSE; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 70349558246     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2008.11.018     Document Type: Article

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