Long-term survey of patients with curable colorectal cancer with specific reference to the quality of life

Internal and Emergency Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 529-535

  Domati, Federica ^a   Rossi, Giuseppina ^a   Benatti, Piero ^a   Roncucci, Luca ^a   Cirilli, Claudia ^a   de Leon, Maurizio Ponz ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Five years; Quality of life; SF 36 questionnaire; Surgery

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COLORECTAL TUMOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVIVOR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVIVORS;

EID: 81955160885     PISSN: 18280447     EISSN: 19709366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11739-011-0590-y     Document Type: Article

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