Measuring quality of life of long-term breast cancer survivors: The long term quality of life-breast cancer (LTQOL-BC) scale

Journal of Psychosocial Oncology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 589-609

  Gordon, Nahida H ^a   Siminoff, Laura A ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

breast cancer; long term survivors; oncology; quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVOR; COGNITION; COPING BEHAVIOR; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; INTERVIEW; LONG TERM QUALITY OF LIFE BREAST CANCER SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; AGED; BODY IMAGE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COGNITION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 78249269807     PISSN: 07347332     EISSN: 15407586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07347332.2010.516806     Document Type: Article

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