Prospective evaluation of health-related quality of life in a homogeneous Mediterranean group of colorectal cancer patients

American Surgeon

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 502-508

  Theodoropoulos, George E ^a   Papailiou, Joanna G ^a   Stamopoulos, Paraskevas L ^a   Golemati, Christina ^a   Tsamis, Dimitrios ^a   Zagouri, Flora ^b   Michalopoulos, Nikolaos V ^a   Leandros, Emmanouil ^a  

^a HIPPOKRATION HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; COLORECTAL CANCER; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; QUALITY OF LIFE; SHORT FORM 36; WELLBEING;

AGED; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREECE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77953503880     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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