Quality of life questionnaires for children with cancer and childhood cancer survivors: A review of the development of available measures

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1207-1217

  Klassen, Anne F ^a   Strohm, Sonya J ^a   Maurice Stam, Heleen ^b   Grootenhuis, Martha A ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cancer; Childhood survivors; Oncology; Psychometrics; Quality of life; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

BRAIN CANCER; CANCER SURVIVOR; CANCER THERAPY; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILDHOOD CANCER; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; VALIDATION PROCESS; WELLBEING;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SURVIVORS;

EID: 77956457260     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-009-0751-y     Document Type: Review

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