Health-related quality of life of significant others of patients with malignant CNS versus non-CNS tumors: A comparative study

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 87-94

  Boele, Florien W ^a   Heimans, Jan J ^a   Aaronson, Neil K ^b   Taphoorn, Martin J B ^c   Postma, Tjeerd J ^a   Reijneveld, Jaap C ^a   Klein, Martin ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^c MEDICAL CENTER HAAGLANDEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Glioma; HRQOL; Leukemia; Lung cancer; Lymphoma; Significant others

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FRIEND; GLIOMA; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MISCELLANEOUS NAMED GROUPS; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PARENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SHORT FORM 36; SIBLING; SIGNIFICANT OTHER; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SPOUSE;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; COGNITION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLIOMA; HEALTH STATUS; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPOUSES;

EID: 84885472358     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: 15737373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11060-013-1198-z     Document Type: Article

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