Development of the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer quality of life questionnaire module for older people with cancer: The EORTC QLQ-ELD15

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2242-2252

  Johnson, Colin ^a   Fitzsimmons, Deborah ^b   Gilbert, Jacqueline ^a   Arrarras, Juan Ignacio ^c   Hammerlid, Eva ^d   Bredart, Anne ^e   Ozmen, Mahir ^f   Dilektasli, Evren ^f   Coolbrandt, Anne ^g   Kenis, Cindy ^g   Young, Teresa ^h   Chow, Edward ⁱ   Venkitaraman, Ramachandran ^j   Howse, Frances ^a   George, Steve ^a   O'Connor, Steve ^k   Yadegarfar, Ghasem ^l  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Navarra   (Spain)

^d SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

^f ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^g UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^h MOUNT VERNON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ DEPARTMENT OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY   (Canada)

^j IPSWICH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^k MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^l ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

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Author keywords

Elderly; EORTC QLQ C30; Health related quality of life; Neoplasm

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; EUROPEAN ORGANIZATION FOR RESEARCH AND TREATMENT OF CANCER QUALITY OF LIFE QUESTIONNAIRE ELD15; GERONTOLOGICAL RESEARCH; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 77955715881     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2010.04.014     Document Type: Article

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