Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) after multimodal treatment for primarily non-resectable rectal cancer. Long-term results from a phase III study

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 813-819

  Brændengen, Morten ^a,b   Tveit, Kjell M ^a,c   Hjermstad, Marianne J ^a,d   Johansson, Hemming ^b   Berglund, Ålke ^e   Brandberg, Yvonne ^b   Glimelius, Bengt ^b,e  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^e UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chemoradiotherapy (CRT); EORTC QLQ C30; Health related quality of life (HRQoL); Non resectable rectal cancer; Radiotherapy (RT)

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORWAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIATION DOSE; RECTUM CANCER; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SWEDEN;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; POLAND; PREOPERATIVE CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; SWEDEN;

EID: 84859108175     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: 18790852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2011.06.035     Document Type: Article

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