Quality of life after palliative radiation therapy for patients with painful bone metastases: Results of an international study validating the EORTC QLQ-BM22

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Zeng, Liang ^a   Chow, Edward ^a   Bedard, Gillian ^a   Zhang, Liying ^a   Fairchild, Alysa ^b   Vassiliou, Vassilios ^c   Alm El Din, Mohamed A ^d   Jesus Garcia, Reynaldo ^e   Kumar, Aswin ^f   Forges, Fabien ^g   Tseng, Ling Ming ^h   Hou, Ming Feng ⁱ   Chie, Wei Chu ^j   Bottomley, Andrew ^k  

^a DEPARTMENT OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY   (Canada)

^b CROSS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c Bank of Cyprus Group Oncology Centre   (Cyprus)

^d TANTA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Egypt)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^f Regional Cancer Center   (India)

^g UNIVERSITÉ JEAN MONNET   (France)

^h NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

ⁱ KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^j NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^k EORTC DATA CENTER   (Belgium)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BONE METASTASIS; CANCER PATIENTS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLETE RESPONSE; NON-PARAMETRIC; PAIN RELIEF; PARTIAL RESPONSE; QUALITY OF LIFE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WILCOXON RANK SUM TEST;

BONE; HEALTH; RADIOTHERAPY;

PATHOLOGY;

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84866740471     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2012.05.028     Document Type: Article

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