Health-related quality of life outcomes among cervical cancer survivors: Examining ethnic and linguistic differences

Cancer Epidemiology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 194-201

  Ashing Giwa, Kimlin T ^a   Lim, Jung Won ^b  

^a CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer survivorship; Contextual Model of quality of life; Cultural context; Health related quality of life; Outcomes research

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVOR; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVIVORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 79953089648     PISSN: 18777821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.canep.2010.06.006     Document Type: Article

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