Long-term quality of life in patients with rectal cancer treated with preoperative (chemo)-radiotherapy within a randomized trial

Cancer/Radiotherapie

Volumn 14, Issue 6-7, 2010, Pages 530-534

  Tiv, M ^a   Puyraveau, M ^a   Mineur, L ^b   Calais, G ^c   Maingon, P ^d   Bardet, é ^e   Mercier, M ^a   Bosset, J F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF BESANÇON   (France)

^b Department of Radiation Therapy   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^d Cancer Center Dijon   (France)

^e CENTRE RENÉ GAUDUCHEAU   (France)

Author keywords

Preoperative chemoradiotherapy; Quality of life; Rectal cancer

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COGNITION; EMOTION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEMALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; MICTURITION; NAUSEA; PAIN; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECTUM CANCER; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SYMPTOM; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ADENOCARCINOMA; ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ADJUVANT THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIARRHEA; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN RELATION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RADIATION INJURY; RADIOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECTUM TUMOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BODY IMAGE; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77958190193     PISSN: 12783218     EISSN: 17696658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.canrad.2010.06.017     Document Type: Article

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