The early development phases of a European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) module to assess patient reported outcomes (PROs) in women undergoing breast reconstruction

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1018-1026

  Thomson, H J ^a   Winters, Z E ^a   Brandberg, Y ^b   Didier, F ^c   Blazeby, J M ^a   Mills, J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^d INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Developmental questionnaire; EORTC; PROMs breast reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; EUROPEAN ORGANISATION FOR RESEARCH AND TREATMENT OF CANCER QUESTIONNAIRE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT REPORTED OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SEXUALITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; MASTECTOMY; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84874942505     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: 18790852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2012.09.021     Document Type: Article

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