Impact of symptom burden on health related quality of life of cancer survivors in a Danish cancer rehabilitation program: A longitudinal study

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 223-232

  Kjaer, Trille Kristina ^a   Johansen, Christoffer ^a,b   Ibfelt, Else ^a   Christensen, Jane ^a   Rottmann, Nina ^b   Høybye, Mette Terp ^a   Ross, Lone ^c   Svendsen, Maria ^a   Dalton, Susanne Oksbjerg ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER REHABILITATION; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVOR; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LUNG CANCER; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL DISABILITY; SYMPTOM;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COST OF ILLNESS; DENMARK; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SURVIVORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78651478874     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: 1651226X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0284186X.2010.530689     Document Type: Article

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