Health-related quality of life in long-term survivors of childhood brain tumors

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1086-1091

  Reimers, Tonny Solveig ^a   Mortensen, Erik Lykke ^b   Nysom, Karsten ^a   Schmiegelow, Kjeld ^a,b  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

CNS tumors; Late effects of cancer treatment; Psychosocial; Quality of life; Radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; COGNITION; DENMARK; ENERGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHUNTING; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SURVIVORS;

EID: 71049160867     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.22122     Document Type: Article

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