Life after gynecologic cancer-A review of patients quality of life, needs, and preferences in regard to follow-up

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 227-234

  Dahl, Lotte ^a   Wittrup, Inge ^b   Væggemose, Ulla ^b   Petersen, Lone Kjeld ^a   Blaakaer, Jan ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b Region House Aarhus Public Health and Quality Improvement ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

Follow up; Gynecologic cancer survivors; Needs; Quality of life; Review

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVOR; COPING BEHAVIOR; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEAR; FOLLOW UP; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HUMAN; MARRIAGE; NEUROSIS; OVARY CANCER; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PESSIMISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADICAL HYSTERECTOMY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SENSE OF COHERENCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; URINE INCONTINENCE; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; HUMANS; PATIENT PREFERENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84876239728     PISSN: 1048891X     EISSN: 15251438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IGC.0b013e31827f37b0     Document Type: Review

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