Quality of life measures (EORTC QLQ-C30 and SF-36) as predictors of survival in palliative colorectal and lung cancer patients

Palliative and Supportive Care

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 289-297

  Grande, Gunn E ^a   Farquhar, Morag C ^a   Barclay, Stephen I G ^a   Todd, Christopher J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colorectal neoplasms; Lung neoplasms; Palliative care; Quality of life; Survival

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; COLORECTAL TUMOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL;

AGED; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 73449088407     PISSN: 14789515     EISSN: 14789523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1478951509990216     Document Type: Conference Paper

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