Factors influencing quality of life in patients with benign primary brain tumors: Prior to and following surgery

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 57-64

  Tsay, Shiow Luan ^a   Chang, Jui Yen ^b   Yates, Patsy ^c   Lin, Kuan Chia ^a   Liang, Shu Yuan ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brain tumor; Quality of life; Symptom distress

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; BRAIN TUMOR; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL INDEPENDENCE MEASURE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIMARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOM DISTRESS SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; TAIWAN; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 83555173666     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-010-1053-0     Document Type: Article

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