Impact of oesophagectomy on physical fitness and health-related quality of life in patients with oesophageal cancer

European Journal of Cancer Care

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 308-313

  Tatematsu, N ^a   Hasegawa, S ^b   Tanaka, E ^a   Sakai, Y ^a   Tsuboyama, T ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

6 min walking distance; Health related quality of life; Muscle strength; Oesophagectomy

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; FEMALE; FITNESS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

AGED; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84876827205     PISSN: 09615423     EISSN: 13652354     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ecc.12030     Document Type: Article

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