Impact of preoperative radiotherapy on general and disease-specific health status of rectal cancer survivors: A population-based study

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Thong, Melissa S Y ^a,b   Mols, Floortje ^a,b   Lemmens, Valery E P P ^b,c   Rutten, Harm J T ^d   Roukema, Jan A ^e   Martijn, Hendrik ^d   Van De Poll Franse, Lonneke V ^a,b  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b The Netherlands   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d CATHARINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^e CPRLab   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Health related quality of life; Preoperative radiotherapy; Rectal cancer; Survivors; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIVES; PREOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; RECTAL CANCER; SURVIVORS; SYMPTOMS;

DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH; RADIOTHERAPY; SURVEYS;

DISEASES;

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECATION DISORDER; DENMARK; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FUNCTION DISORDER; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECTUM CANCER; SHORT FORM 36;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALGORITHMS; BODY IMAGE; DEFECATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVORS;

EID: 80053595095     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2010.12.030     Document Type: Article

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