Direct improvement of quality of life using a tailored quality of life diagnosis and therapy pathway: Randomised trial in 200 women with breast cancer

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 106, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 826-838

  Klinkhammer Schalke, M ^a   Koller, M ^b   Steinger, B ^a   Ehret, C ^a   Ernst, B ^c   Wyatt, J C ^d   Hofstadter F ^a   Lorenz, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^c General Practice   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

breast cancer; complex intervention; definitive RCT; effectiveness of the QoL system; quality of life (QoL)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMOTION; FEMALE; FITNESS; GERMANY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUTRITION; PATIENT CARE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK REDUCTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; BREAST NEOPLASMS; ENDPOINT DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; NUMBERS NEEDED TO TREAT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 84857783638     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2012.4     Document Type: Article

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