Quality-of-life and surgical treatments for rectal cancer - A longitudinal analysis using the California Cancer Registry

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 870-878

  Smith Gagen, Julie ^a   Cress, Rosemary D ^b,c   Drake, Christiana M ^d   Romano, Patrick S ^b   Yost, Kathleen J ^e   Ayanian, John Z ^f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^f BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Oncology; Quality of life; Rectal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURGERY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT INVENTORY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECTUM ABDOMINOPERINEAL RESECTION; RECTUM CANCER; RECTUM SURGERY; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UNITED STATES; WELLBEING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANAL CANAL; CALIFORNIA; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; REGISTRIES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 77955166614     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1643     Document Type: Article

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