EORTC QLQ-C15-PAL quality of life scores in patients with advanced cancer referred for palliative radiotherapy

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 841-848

  Caissie, Amanda ^a   Culleton, Shaelyn ^a   Nguyen, Janet ^a   Zhang, Liying ^a   Zeng, Liang ^a   Holden, Lori ^a   Dennis, Kristopher ^a   Chan, Esther ^a   Jon, Florencia ^a   Tsao, May ^a   Danjoux, Cyril ^a   Sahgal, Arjun ^a   Barnes, Elizabeth ^a   Koo, Kaitlin ^a   Chow, Edward ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b DEPARTMENT OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bone metastases; Brain metastases; Lung cancer; QLQ C15 PAL; Quality of life; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BONE CANCER; BONE METASTASIS; BRAIN CANCER; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DYSPNEA; EMOTIONALITY; FATIGUE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NAUSEA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VOMITING;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE NEOPLASMS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863498871     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-011-1160-6     Document Type: Article

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