Quality of life characteristics inpatients with cervical cancer

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 48, Issue 16, 2012, Pages 3009-3018

  Bjelic Radisic, Vesna ^a,h   Jensen, Pernille T ^b,g,h   Vlasic, Karin Kuljanic ^c,g,h   Waldenstrom, Ann Charlotte ^d,g,h   Singer, Susanne ^e,g,h   Chie, Weichu ^f,g,h   Nordin, Andy ^g,h   Greimel, Elfriede ^a,g,h  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c KBC RIJEKA   (Croatia)

^d SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^f NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^g EAST KENT HOSPITALS UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^h EORTC QoL Group   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Patient reported outcome; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC HORMONE AGONISTS AND ANTAGONISTS;

ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COGNITION; CONSTIPATION; DIARRHEA; EMOTION; FATIGUE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; NAUSEA; PAIN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VOMITING;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; EUROPE; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIOTHERAPY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVORS; TAIWAN; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84867575873     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: 18790852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2012.05.011     Document Type: Article

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