Relationship between quality of life and clinical status in patients with gastrointestinal cancer

Revista Espanola de Enfermedades Digestivas

Volumn 104, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 584-591

  Sánchez, Ricardo ^a,b   Alexander Sierra, Fabio ^a   Oliveros, Ricardo ^a  

^a Institute of Oncology   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Age groups; Neoplasms; Outcome assessment (Health care); Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; COLORECTAL CANCER; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; STOMACH CANCER; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

EID: 84873289195     PISSN: 11300108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4321/S1130-01082012001100006     Document Type: Article

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