Prospective assessment of health-related quality of life in patients with low-grade glioma A single-center experience

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1859-1868

  Yavas, Cagdas ^a   Zorlu, Faruk ^a   Ozyigit, Gokhan ^a   Gurkaynak, Murat ^a   Yavas, Guler ^a   Yuce, Deniz ^a   Cengiz, Mustafa ^a   Yildiz, Ferah ^a   Akyol, Fadil ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cognitive function; Health related quality of life; Low grade glioma; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN CANCER MODULE 20; CANCER GRADING; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE FUNCTION SCORE; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; DROWSINESS; ETHNICITY; EUROPEAN ORGANIZATION FOR RESEARCH AND TREATMENT OF CANCER QUALITY OF LIFE QUESTIONNAIRE 30; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; GLIOMA; HAIR LOSS; HEADACHE; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OLIGODENDROGLIOMA; OLIGOSTROCYTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECALL SCORE; SCORING SYSTEM; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); TURKISH; UNCERTAINTY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 84863990536     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-011-1288-4     Document Type: Article

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