Compromised health-related quality of life in patients with low-grade glioma

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 29, Issue 33, 2011, Pages 4430-4435

  Aaronson, Neil K ^a   Taphoorn, Martin J B ^b   Heimans, Jan J ^b   Postma, Tjeerd J ^b   Gundy, Chad M ^a   Beute, Guus N ^c   Slotman, Ben J ^b   Klein, Martin ^b  

^a NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Microvida Laboratory for Medical Microbiology and Immunology   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMAN; LOW GRADE GLIOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROSURGERY; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SHORT FORM 36;

ADULT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; COGNITION; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 81755171099     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: 15277755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2011.35.5750     Document Type: Article

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