Proxy assessment of patients before and after radiotherapy for brain metastases: Results of a prospective study using the DEGRO brain module

Strahlentherapie und Onkologie

Volumn 189, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 47-53

  Steinmann, D ^a   Vordermark, D ^b   Geinitz, H ^c   Aschoff, R ^d   Bayerl, A ^e   Gerstein, J ^f   Hipp, M ^g   Van Oorschot, B ^h   Wypior, H J ⁱ   Schafer C ^g  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d Radiation Oncology   (Germany)

^e Krems Hospital   (Austria)

^f GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

ⁱ Hospital Landshut   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain metastases; Proxies; Quality of life; Questionnaire; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BRAIN; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVOR; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUSTODY; DEGRO BRAIN MODULE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NAUSEA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSTIC SELF EVALUATION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DOSE FRACTIONATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROXY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84871820573     PISSN: 01797158     EISSN: 1439099X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00066-012-0239-4     Document Type: Article

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