Assessment of Health-related Quality of Life with the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer QLQ-C15-PAL after Palliative Radiotherapy of Bone Metastases

Clinical Oncology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 125-133

  Caissie, A ^a   Zeng, L ^a   Nguyen, J ^a   Zhang, L ^a   Jon, F ^a   Dennis, K ^a   Holden, L ^a   Culleton, S ^a   Koo, K ^a   Tsao, M ^a   Barnes, E ^a   Danjoux, C ^a   Sahgal, A ^a   Simmons, C ^a   Chow, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bone metastases; Pain; QLQ C15 PAL; Quality of life; Radiation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CONSTIPATION; DYSPNEA; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; EUROPEAN ORGANIZATION FOR RESEARCH AND TREATMENT OF CANCER QLQ C15 PAL; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NAUSEA; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISCERAL METASTASIS; VOMITING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; PAIN; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84856600033     PISSN: 09366555     EISSN: 14332981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clon.2011.08.008     Document Type: Article

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